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单词 consort
释义 con·sort
I. \ˈkänˌsȯrt, -sȯ(ə)t, usu -d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin consort-, consors, from com- + sort-, sors lot, fate, share — more at sort
: one that shares the company of or is associated with another: as
 a. obsolete : a colleague of one's profession or official office
 b. : companion
  < the criminal and his semirespectable consorts >
  < the second volume is in every respect a splendid consort of the first >
 specifically : a ship accompanying another
  < far astern … he could see the brown sail and the red sail of their consorts — C.S.Forester >
 c. : a wife or husband : spouse, mate
  < the queen attended the opening of the exhibition with her consort >
  — compare prince consort
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French consorte company, from consort
1. obsolete : assembly, company, group
 < in one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite — Edmund Spenser >
2. : concurrence or accord : conjunction, association
 < I can claim that poetry … had consort with me through life — A.T.Quiller-Couch >
— often used with in
 < he ruled in consort with his father >
3. [probably by folk etymology from Middle French concert — more at concert]
 a. : a group of musicians entertaining by voice or instrument or the entertainment they afford
 b. obsolete : harmony of sounds
 c. : a set of 16th and 17th century musical instruments of the same family (as viols) played in concert
III. \kənˈsȯ(ə)rt, -sȯ(ə)t sometimes ˈkänˌsȯrt, -ˌsȯ(ə)t, i usually -d.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: consort (I)
transitive verb
1. : to unite especially in affection, harmony, company, marriage : associate
 < the ideas that naturally consort themselves with the word civilization — Isaac Taylor >
2. [consort (II) (harmony of sounds)] obsolete : to sound in harmony : harmonize
3. obsolete : escort, attend, accompany
intransitive verb
1. : to keep company
 < a unit's soldiery … consorting with women — Fred Majdalany >
 < from this time on he consorted more and more with Methodists — Allen Johnson >
2. [consort (II) (harmony of sounds)] obsolete : to make harmony : play
3. [consort (II) (accord)] : to be or come into accord : harmonize
 < except in matters of doctrine Pilgrim and Puritan consorted ill together — V.L.Parrington >
 < the statement of faith … is so inane that … an apostate … can easily consort to it — H.H.Savage >
 < the illustrations consort admirably with the text — Times Literary Supplement >
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