intimate
intimate 英 [ˈɪntɪmət] 美 [ˈɪntəmɪt]
adj. 亲密的；隐私的 n. 知己；至交 vt. 透露，暗示
进行时:intimating 过去式:intimated 过去分词:intimated 第三人称单数:intimates 名词复数:intimates
- Intimate means being close. A small restaurant is called intimate because you're sitting close to the other people, and your best friends are considered your intimate friends.
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- adj. 亲密的；隐私的
- n. 知己；至交
- vt. 透露，暗示
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1. intimate friends
密友
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2. We're not on intimate terms withour neighbours.
我们和邻居来往不多。
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3. the most intimate parts of her body
她的身体的最隐私部位
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4. an intimate restaurant
幽静温馨的餐厅
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5. an intimate knowledge of the English countryside
对英国乡村的透彻了解
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6. an intimate connectionbetween class and educational success
社会阶层和优良教育之间的密切联系
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7. They touched each other intimately .
他们相互爱抚。
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8. He has already intimated to us his intention to retire.
他已经向我们透露了他要退休的打算。
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9. He has already intimated that he intends to retire.
他已经暗示他打算退休。
- intimate (adj.) 1630s, "closely acquainted, very familiar," also "inmost, intrinsic," from Late Latin intimatus, past participle of intimare "make known, announce, impress," from Latin intimus "inmost, innermost, deepest" (adj.), also used figuratively, of affections, feelings, as a noun, "close friend;" superlative of in "in" (from PIE root *en "in"). Intimate (adj.) used euphemistically in reference to women's underwear from 1904. Related: Intimately.
- intimate (n.) 1650s, "familiar friend, person with whom one is intimate," from intimate (adj.). Sometimes 17c.-19c. in false Spanish form intimado. Latin intimus had a similar noun sense. Intimates as a commercial euphemism for "women's underwear" is from 1988.
- intimate (v.) 1530s, "make known formally;" 1580s, "suggest indirectly," back-formation from intimation (which could explain the pronunciation) or else from Late Latin intimatus, past participle of intimare "to make known." The Old French verb was intimer. Related: Intimated; intimating.
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