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intimate 音标拼音: ['ɪntəmət] ['ɪntəm ,et] ['ɪnəmət] a. 亲密的,私人的,秘密的
vt. 暗示,通知,告诉
n. 熟友 亲密的,私人的,秘密的暗示,通知,告诉熟友 intimate adj 1: marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity; " intimate friend"; " intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V. L. Parrington 2: having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere; " had a cozy chat"; " a relaxed informal manner"; " an intimate cocktail lounge"; " the small room was cozy and intimate" [ synonym: { cozy}, { intimate}, { informal}] 3: having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; " on familiar terms"; " pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" [ synonym: { familiar}, { intimate}] 4: involved in a sexual relationship; " the intimate ( or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; " she had been intimate with many men"; " he touched her intimate parts" [ synonym: { intimate}, { sexual}] 5: innermost or essential; " the inner logic of Cubism"; " the internal contradictions of the theory"; " the intimate structure of matter" [ synonym: { inner}, { internal}, { intimate}] 6: thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; " this girl, so intimate with nature"- W. H. Hudson; " knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read [ synonym: { intimate}, { knowledgeable}, { versed}] n 1: someone to whom private matters are confided [ synonym: { confidant}, { intimate}] v 1: give to understand; " I insinuated that I did not like his wife" [ synonym: { intimate}, { adumbrate}, { insinuate}] 2: imply as a possibility; " The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" [ synonym: { suggest}, { intimate}] Intimate \ In" ti* mate\, n. An intimate friend or associate; a confidant. -- Gov. of the Tongue. [ 1913 Webster]
Intimate \ In" ti* mate\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Intimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Intimating}.] [ L. intimatus, p. p. of intimare to put, bring, drive, or press into, to announce, make known, from intimus the inmost. See { Intimate}, a.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open war. -- E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster] So both conspiring ' gan to intimate Each other' s grief. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office. [ 1913 Webster] The names of simple ideas and substances, with the abstract ideas in the mind, intimate some real existence, from which was derived their original pattern. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster]
Intimate \ In" ti* mate\, a. [ Formerly intime, L. intimus, a superl. corresponding to the compar. interior: cf. F. intime. The form intimate is due to confusion with intimate, v. t. See { Interior}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Innermost; inward; internal; deep- seated; hearty. " I knew from intimate impulse." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete. [ 1913 Webster] He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend. Syn: Familiar; near; friendly; confidential. [ 1913 Webster] 246 Moby Thesaurus words for " intimate": absolute, acquaintance, acquainted with, adumbrate, advocate, affectionate, allegorize, allied, allude to, alter ego, amigo, anonymous, approaching, approximate, approximating, arm- in- arm, assembled, associate, associated, assume, at home in, at home with, attest, backer, banded together, bespeak, best friend, betoken, bosom, bosom friend, bound, bracketed, bring to mind, brother, buddy, buddy- buddy, burning, carnal, casual acquaintance, caution, central, certain, chatty, cheek- by- jowl, cheerful, cherished, chum, chummy, close, close acquaintance, close friend, closet, colleague, collected, comfortable, comfy, communicate, companion, comrade, concrete, confidant, confidante, confident, confidential, confrere, conjoined, connected, connote, conversant with, copulate, cosy, coupled, cozy, crony, dear, deep, deep- seated, defined, definite, detailed, determinate, devoted, different, distinct, distinguished, drop a hint, elemental, entail, esoteric, especial, essential, exceptional, exhaustive, express, extraordinary, familiar, familiar with, favorer, fellow, fellow creature, fellowman, fixed, fond, friend, friendly, gathered, give a hint, give the cue, glance at, hand and glove, hand- in- glove, hand- in- hand, hidden, hint, hint at, homelike, homely, homey, homish, hot, implicate, imply, import, inborn, inbred, incognito, incorporated, indicate, individual, indoor, indwelling, infer, informal, informed in, ingrained, inmost, innate, inner, innermost, inseparable, inseparable friend, inside, insinuate, integrated, interior, internal, intestine, intimate with, intrinsic, involve, inward, isolated, joined, knotted, leagued, linked, lover, loving, make known, master of, matched, mate, mated, mean, mean to say, merged, minute, mucker, near, near the mark, nearest, nearing, nearish, neighbor, next, nigh, nighish, noteworthy, other self, paired, pal, pally, palsy- walsy, particular, partisan, peaceful, penetrating, personal, pickup, plain, point indirectly to, precise, presume, presuppose, private, privy, proficient in, profound, prompt, propinque, proximal, proximate, refer to, repository, respective, retired, secluded, secret, sequestered, several, sexual, side- by- side, sidekick, simple, singular, snug, solipsistic, special, specific, spliced, strong in, suggest, supporter, suppose, sympathizer, take for granted, tete- a- tete, thick, thick as thieves, thorough, tied, tip off, undivided, united, unpretending, unseparated, up on, versed in, vicinal, warm, warn, wedded, well- read in, well- wisher, withdrawn, yoked |
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