| 单词 | consort |
| 释义 | consort (once / 1090 pages) 1v 2n 3n If you keep company with someone, you are consorting with them. "The students tended to consort only with other students from similar backgrounds. The staff wanted to break them out of their comfort zone, so they organized games to force them to mingle and meet new people." Consort is usually followed by the preposition with, and sometimes the verb consort is followed by the phrase "with the enemy." The military frowns on consorting with the enemy in a war. Her best friend accused her of consorting with the enemy when she walked home with another girl. As a noun, the term consort refers to the spouse of the reigning monarch. Prince Albert was called the prince consort because he was married to Queen Victoria when she ruled Great Britain. WORD FAMILYconsort: consorted, consorting, consorts USAGE EXAMPLES“One an icon, the other a consort to icons.” New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) He acrimoniously split from his last consort, former Princess Srirasmi, in 2014, and her parents were jailed for royal defamation soon after. Time(Dec 02, 2016) The Washington Bach Consort, naturally enough, turns its focus on Germany in its own Baroque concert Dec. 4 at the National Presbyterian Church. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) 1 1v keep company with; hang out with Syn|Hypo|Hyper affiliate, associate, assort ally become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage date, go out, go steady, seedate regularly; have a steady relationship with accompany, companion, company, keep companybe a companion to somebody misallymake a bad alliance; ally inappropriately interact act together or towards others or with others 2v keep company Syn|Hyper run accompany go or travel along with 3v go together 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper accord, agree, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics blend, blend in, go blend or harmonize agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics n a family of similar musical instrument playing together 3Syn|Hyper choir set a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used n the husband or wife of a reigning monarch Exp|Hypo|Hyper Marquise de Maintenon French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719) Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuelprince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861) prince consort a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign better half, married person, mate, partner, spouse a person's partner in marriage |
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