acquaint

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar. transitive
    — I think you should acquaint him with the realities of the situation.
  2. To communicate notice to; to inform; let know. archaic,transitive
    — Acquaint her here, of my Sonne Paris Loue,
  3. To familiarize; to accustom. obsolete,transitive
    — October 2 1642, Isaac Basire, letter to John Evelyn What success it may further have I shall acquaint you at my coming over
形容词 adj.
  1. Acquainted. Scotland,not-comparable
    — [I]f you have skimmed through even a paragraph of my poor neglected little magnum opus you will know I am unusually acquaint with my inner workings.

词形变化

acquaints present,singular,third-person acquainting participle,present acquainted participle,past acquainted past

词汇关系

近义词
apprise inform
衍生词
acquaintant disacquaint foreacquaint preacquaint reacquaint unacquaint

词源

词源 1
From Middle English aqueynten, acointen, from Old French acointier, from Early Medieval Latin accognitāre, from Late Latin accognitus, past participle of accognoscō, from Latin cognoscō, from nōscō. See also quaint, know.
词源 2
From Middle English aqueynten, acointen, from Old French acointier, from Early Medieval Latin accognitāre, from Late Latin accognitus, past participle of accognoscō, from Latin cognoscō, from nōscō. See also quaint, know.
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