friend

名词 n. 动词 v.
/fɹɛnd/|[fɹ̥ɛnd]|[fɹ̥ɛnd̥]    /fɹɛnd/|[fɹ̥ɛnd]|[fɹ̥ɛnd̥]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
    — "[…]if you have any wish to speak openly to me as a friend, or to ask my opinion of any thing that you may have in contemplation—as a friend, indeed, you may command me.—I will hear whatever you like. I will tell you exactly what I think." "As a friend!"—repeated Mr. Knightley.—"Emma, that I fear is a word—No, I have no wish—[…]”
  2. An associate who provides assistance; patron, mentor.
    — When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my little pocket with halfpence.
  3. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
    — The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
  4. A person who backs or supports something.
    — I’m not a friend of cheap wine.
  5. An object or idea that can be used for good. informal
    — Fruit is your friend.
  6. Used as a form of address when warning someone. colloquial,ironic
    — You’d better watch it, friend.
  7. A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
    — But don't take the following sections as an endorsement of friends. Top C++ programmers avoid using friends unless absolutely necessary.
  8. A spring-loaded camming device.
    — Since they were introduced in the 1970s, friends have revolutionized climbing, making protection possible in previously impossible places […]
  9. A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend. euphemistic
    — Nor to the motion of a schoolboy's tongue ; Nor never come in visard to my friend
  10. A relative, a relation by blood or marriage. Scotland,obsolete
    — Friends agree best at a distance.
  11. Used to refer collectively to a group of associated individuals, especially those comprising a cast, company, or crew in-plural
    — Meanwhile on The View, Whoopi Goldberg and friends continue to spout their takes on the hot topics of the day.
动词 v.
  1. To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help. obsolete,transitive
    — Lo sluggish Knight the victors happie pray: / So fortune friends the bold [...].
  2. To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend. transitive
    — One of the most used features of MySpace is the practice that is nicknamed "friending." If you "friend" someone, then that person is added to your MySpace friends list, and you are added to their friends list.

词形变化

friends plural frind alternative,pronunciation-spelling freind alternative,misspelling friends present,singular,third-person friending participle,present friended participle,past friended past frind alternative,pronunciation-spelling freind alternative,misspelling

词汇关系

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affriended a friend in need is a friend indeed all-weather friend asking for a friend backfriend back-friend befriend best friend best friend forever big friend bosom friend boy-friend boy friend boyfriend chick-friend chick friend childhood friend circle of friends climber's friend close friend cyberfriend diamonds are a girl's best friend Dorothy's friend dumb friend e-friend enbyfriend enemies-to-friends-to-lovers ex-friend fair-weather friend fair weather friend fairweather friend false friend family friend fast friend feathered friend fine-feathered friend flu friend four-legged friend framily fremesis frenemy friend at court friend boy friendboy friendess friendful friend girl friendgirl friend group friendhood friend-in-law friendish friendiversary friendless friendlike friendling friendlist friendly friendmaking friendo friend of a friend friend of Bill friend of Bill's friend of Bill W. friend of Bluey friend of court friend of Dorothy friend of mine friend of ours friend of the court friendom friend price friend request Friends Friendsgiving friend-shaped friendship friendshiply friendshoring friendsies friends in higher places friends in high places friends in low places friends list Friendsmas friendsome Friendster friends-to-lovers friend-to-friend friend with benefits friendworthy friendy friend-zone friend zone friend zonee friend-zonee frienvy fuckfriend furriend galfriend girlfriend girl-friend girl friend glue friend good friend Google is your friend grandfriend guy friend guy-friend half-friend hi-bye friend identification friend or foe imaginary friend just friends lady friend litigation friend little friend make friends manfriend man's best friend McKenzie friend merfriend misfriend m'learned friends monthly friend more than friends motorman's friend mouth-friend mutual friend my enemy's enemy is my friend my friend my learned friend nepo friend nepotism friend newfriend next friend Nigel No Friends Nigel no-friends non-friend nonfriend old friend old man's friend outfriend out-friend partial false friend pen-friend pen friend penfriend playfriend plumber's friend prisoner's friend Religious Society of Friends say hello to my little friend schoolfriend semifriend short accounts make long friends short reckonings make long friends Society of Friends special friend squirrel friend stepfriend superfriend the enemy of my enemy is my friend the enemy of your enemy is your friend theyfriend true friend un-friend unfriend waiter's friend what are friends for wife's best friend Wigner's friend with friends like these who needs enemies womanfriend

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *preyH-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *priHós
Proto-Germanic *frijōną
Proto-Germanic *frijōndz
Proto-West Germanic *friund
Old English frēond
Middle English frend
English friend
From Middle English freend, frend, frende, freynde, friend, frind, frond, frund, vrend, vryend, from Old English frēond, frīond (“friend”, literally “loving [one], lover”), from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“friend, loved one”), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to please; to love”), roughly equivalent to free + -nd. See also Friday.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots freend (“friend”), Yola friend, vriene (“friend”), North Frisian frinj, frün (“friend”), Saterland Frisian Fjund, Früünd (“friend”), West Frisian freon, freondinne (“friend”), Cimbrian bròint, vròint (“friend”), Dutch vriend (“friend”), German Freund (“friend”), German Low German Fründ (“friend, relative”), Limburgish vröndj (“friend”), Luxembourgish Frënd (“friend”), Vilamovian fraeind, frajnd (“friend”), Yiddish פֿרײַנד (fraynd, “friend”), Danish frænde (“kinsman”), Faroese and Icelandic frændi (“kinsman”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk frende (“relative”), Swedish frände (“kinsman, relative”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”); also Welsh rhydd (“free”), Latin proprius (“own, proper”), Belarusian пры́яцель (prýjacjelʹ, “friend”), Bulgarian прия́тел (prijátel, “male friend”), Czech přítel (“friend; supporter; lover”), Macedonian при́јател (príjatel, “friend, mate, pal”), Polish przyjaciel, przyjáciel (“friend; lover”), Russian прия́тель (prijátelʹ, “friend; buddy, mate, pal”), Serbo-Croatian при̏јатељ, prȉjatelj (“friend”), Slovak priateľ (“friend; supporter”), Slovene prijatelj (“friend; companion; chum”), Ukrainian при́ятель (prýjatelʹ, “friend; buddy, pal”), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, “good, pleasant”), Persian فری (fari, “beloved, dear; pleasing”), Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved; own, wonted”). More at free.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *preyH-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *priHós
Proto-Germanic *frijōną
Proto-Germanic *frijōndz
Proto-West Germanic *friund
Old English frēond
Middle English frend
English friend
From Middle English freend, frend, frende, freynde, friend, frind, frond, frund, vrend, vryend, from Old English frēond, frīond (“friend”, literally “loving [one], lover”), from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“friend, loved one”), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to please; to love”), roughly equivalent to free + -nd. See also Friday.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots freend (“friend”), Yola friend, vriene (“friend”), North Frisian frinj, frün (“friend”), Saterland Frisian Fjund, Früünd (“friend”), West Frisian freon, freondinne (“friend”), Cimbrian bròint, vròint (“friend”), Dutch vriend (“friend”), German Freund (“friend”), German Low German Fründ (“friend, relative”), Limburgish vröndj (“friend”), Luxembourgish Frënd (“friend”), Vilamovian fraeind, frajnd (“friend”), Yiddish פֿרײַנד (fraynd, “friend”), Danish frænde (“kinsman”), Faroese and Icelandic frændi (“kinsman”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk frende (“relative”), Swedish frände (“kinsman, relative”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”); also Welsh rhydd (“free”), Latin proprius (“own, proper”), Belarusian пры́яцель (prýjacjelʹ, “friend”), Bulgarian прия́тел (prijátel, “male friend”), Czech přítel (“friend; supporter; lover”), Macedonian при́јател (príjatel, “friend, mate, pal”), Polish przyjaciel, przyjáciel (“friend; lover”), Russian прия́тель (prijátelʹ, “friend; buddy, mate, pal”), Serbo-Croatian при̏јатељ, prȉjatelj (“friend”), Slovak priateľ (“friend; supporter”), Slovene prijatelj (“friend; companion; chum”), Ukrainian при́ятель (prýjatelʹ, “friend; buddy, pal”), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, “good, pleasant”), Persian فری (fari, “beloved, dear; pleasing”), Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved; own, wonted”). More at free.
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