intimate

英 ['ɪntɪmət] 美 [ˈɪntəmɪt]

解释

※ 提供单词"intimate"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

intimate 亲密的，密友

来自拉丁语intus,在内部，在里面，-m,最高级后缀，词源同extreme,ultimate.引申词义亲密的。

intimate (adj.): 1630s, "closely acquainted, very familiar," from Late Latin intimatus, past participle of intimare "make known, announce, impress," from Latin intimus "inmost" (adj.), "close friend" (n.), superlative of in "in" (see in- (2)). Used euphemistically in reference to women's underwear from 1904. Related: Intimately.
intimate (v.): "suggest indirectly," 1530s, back-formation from intimation, or else from Late Latin intimatus, past participle of intimare. Related: Intimated; intimating.
intimate (n.): 1650s, "person with whom one is intimate," from intimate (adj.).

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1. Mr Black went for the jugular, asking intimate sexual questions.: 布莱克先生直攻要害，问起了性方面的隐私问题。

2. France has kept the most intimate links with its former African territories.: 法国与其前非洲属地一直保持着最密切的联系。

3. He surprised me with his intimate knowledge of Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer.: 他对克尔恺郭尔与叔本华的深刻了解让我很吃惊。