| 单词 | to make friends |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make friends (with, of, †to) c. to make friends (with, of, †to): to get on good or intimate terms (with someone); to become acquainted. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > make friends with [verb (transitive)] workOE friend1483 to make friends (with, of, to)1561 to take up with1570 to pal up (also around, out, etc.)1889 to get next to1896 1561 tr. Erasmus Certayne Rules Christes Souldiers sig. Gii Make frendes with the foode of iniquity. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 213 Get postes and letters, and make friends with speed. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 168 Implore her..that she make friends To the strict deputie. View more context for this quotation 1771 J. Johnson Let. 1 Dec. in Joshua Johnson's Letterbk. (1979) 18 In order to make friends with you. 1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 14 Dec. 2/1 It is now all settled—they are both satisfied and have made friends. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lvi. 509 That poor widow made friends of Mrs. Veal, for reasons of her own. 1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow xiii. 353 She made friends with the Standard Three teacher. 1943 E. Blyton Summer Term at St Clare's iv. 28 Now she's making friends with Sadie because one day she'll be rich. Nasty little humbug! 2010 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 July c3 She soon makes friends with the bookseller Henry Knox, himself an affirmed rebel. < as lemmas |
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