familiar

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /fəˈmɪl.i.ə/    美 /fəˈmɪl.jɚ/|/fəˈmɪl.i.ɚ/|/fɚˈmɪl.jɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.
    — The witch’s familiar was a black cat.
  2. A member of one's family or household. obsolete
  3. A member of a pope's or bishop's household.
  4. A close friend. obsolete
    — [A] friend of mine, that finding a Receipt in Braſsivola, would needs take Hellebor in ſubſtance, & try it on his own perſon; but had not ſome of his familiars come to viſite him by chance, he had by his indiſcretion hazarded himſelfe; many ſuch I have obſerued.
  5. The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people. historical
形容词 adj.
  1. Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
    — There’s a familiar face; that tune sounds familiar.
  2. Acquainted.
    — I'm quite familiar with this system; she's not familiar with manual gears.
  3. Intimate or friendly.
    — We are on familiar terms now; our neighbour is not familiar
  4. Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
    — 1822, Lord Byron, Werner familiar feuds

词形变化

more familiar comparative most familiar superlative familiars plural

词汇关系

近义词
accustomed familiar habitual known predictable routine wonted wontish nigget
反义词
ignorant unfamiliar unknown unacquainted cold cool distant impersonal standoffish unfriendly strange unaccustomed unpredictable unwonted
上位词
common customary everyday normal regular
衍生词
confamiliar familiar fraud familiarisation familiarise familiarism familiarity familiarization familiarize familiarly familiarness familiar stranger hyperfamiliar nonfamiliar on familiar ground overfamiliar semifamiliar ultrafamiliar
相关词
familial accepted approved believed recognized daimon

词源

词源 1
From Middle English familiar, familier, from Latin familiāris (“pertaining to servants; pertaining to the household”). By surface analysis, family + -ar. Piecewise doublet of familial. Displaced native Old English hīwcūþ.
词源 2
From Middle English familiar, familier, from Latin familiāris (“pertaining to servants; pertaining to the household”). By surface analysis, family + -ar. Piecewise doublet of familial. Displaced native Old English hīwcūþ.
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