| 单词 | intimate |
| 释义 | in·ti·mate I. 1. 2. < said that he … might not be able to say all that he thought, thus intimating to his hearers that they might infer that he meant more — O.W.Holmes †1935 > Synonyms: see suggest II. 1. a. < it is in the purposes he entertains … that an individual most completely … realizes his intimate selfhood — John Dewey > b. < his intimate reflections > 2. a. < the intimate relations … between economics, politics, and legal principles — V.L.Parrington > < an intimate mixture of rock particles > < an intimate affiliation of house and garden — American Guide Series: New York > b. < this girl, so intimate with nature — W.H.Hudson †1922 > < an intimate knowledge of admiralty law — H.W.H.Knott > c. < of St. Francis and St. Bernard their intimate biographers assure us that … they … never allowed themselves actual laughter — G.G.Coulton > d. < pretend that they are in smart society and on intimate terms with people they slander — Oscar Wilde > : manifesting warm personal interest < his voice low, intimate, full of meaning — Aurelia Levi > : arousing a warm personal response < a lyrical and intimate painting > e. < an intimate sense of being a member of some mystic brotherhood — W.S.Maugham > < the intimate politics of the eighteenth century were an involved web of human passions — J.H.Plumb > < two plush rooms, one formal, the other cozy and intimate — T.H.Fielding > < an intimate theater that served coffee between its films > < an intimate cocktail lounge > also < intimate opera > < intimate music > f. < always intimate relations between a mother and her young child — Edward Westermarck > < their hand grasp was very intimate and mutually comprehending — Arnold Bennett > g. < to his intensely aristocratic nature this discussion of his intimate family affairs … was most abhorrent — A. Conan Doyle > < clean-minded youth horrifies its elders by facing the intimate facts of life — G.A.Bartlett > h. < ladies were supposed to be without sexual desire … in their intimate relations with their husbands they consented graciously — W.E.Woodward > i. < intimate underwear > : worn in the home < an intimate negligee > j. < the efficiency of intimate wraps and carton overwraps in preventing corrosion — Corrosion & Material Protection > < aluminum foil laminated to paper finds use as an intimate wrapper for a variety of products — N.A.Cooke > Synonyms: see familiar III. < writes as one who … has been an intimate of the Parisian scene — R.J.Goldwater > : an intimate friend or confidant < counted a banker among his intimates > Synonyms: see friend |
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