| 单词 | to make acquaintance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make (the) acquaintance (of also occasionally with) P2. to make (the) acquaintance (of also occasionally with) (also to make (a person's) acquaintance): to form an acquaintance (with); to get to know. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 167 Yusgat maid yai yar aquentance. 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles ii. f. lxxvi Herodes and Herodias had now made acquaintaunce. 1625 D. Lindsay Godly Mans Iourney to Heauen i. 69 Thy Baptisme, whereby thou madest thy first acquaintance with Christ. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxii. 205 To make acquaintance: To give up acquaintance:..all at his pleasure, whether she think it reasonable to do so or not. 1795 C. Smith Montalbert III. xxxiii. 168 Rosalie..was never so little willing as now to make her acquaintance. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene III. xii. 169 This was the yachting season, and I had made the acquaintance of many of the gentlemen who belonged to the club. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §6. 43 We spent a day or two in making the general acquaintance of the glacier. 1918 E. M. Roberts Flying Fighter 106 I made the acquaintance of a new sport while with the battery. 2010 Daily Mail (Nexis) 27 May A woman at a..convention who was particularly keen to make my acquaintance and may possibly have wished to take things further. to make (a person's) acquaintance P2. to make (the) acquaintance (of also occasionally with) (also to make (a person's) acquaintance): to form an acquaintance (with); to get to know. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 167 Yusgat maid yai yar aquentance. 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles ii. f. lxxvi Herodes and Herodias had now made acquaintaunce. 1625 D. Lindsay Godly Mans Iourney to Heauen i. 69 Thy Baptisme, whereby thou madest thy first acquaintance with Christ. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxii. 205 To make acquaintance: To give up acquaintance:..all at his pleasure, whether she think it reasonable to do so or not. 1795 C. Smith Montalbert III. xxxiii. 168 Rosalie..was never so little willing as now to make her acquaintance. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene III. xii. 169 This was the yachting season, and I had made the acquaintance of many of the gentlemen who belonged to the club. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §6. 43 We spent a day or two in making the general acquaintance of the glacier. 1918 E. M. Roberts Flying Fighter 106 I made the acquaintance of a new sport while with the battery. 2010 Daily Mail (Nexis) 27 May A woman at a..convention who was particularly keen to make my acquaintance and may possibly have wished to take things further. < as lemmas |
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