释义 |
familiar /fə-milˈyər or -mil'i-ər/ adjective- Well-acquainted or intimate
- In the manner of a close friend
- Intimate to an unwelcome degree, impertinently informal or friendly
- Free from constraint
- Unceremonious
- Having a thorough knowledge
- Well-known or understood
- Private or domestic
- Common or everyday
noun- A person with whom one is well or long acquainted
- A spirit or demon supposed to come to a person, esp a witch, etc, at his or her call
- A member of a pope's or bishop's household
- The officer of the Inquisition who arrested those who were suspected
ORIGIN: OFr familier, from L familiāris, from familia a family familiarity /-i-arˈi-ti/ noun - Intimate acquaintanceship
- Any unusual or unwarrantable freedom in act or speech toward another person, an act of licence (usu in pl)
- Freedom from constraint
familˈiarize or familˈiarise transitive verb - To make thoroughly acquainted with
- To make easy by practice or study
familˈiarly adverb |