intimate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 ĭn'tĭmət

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A very close friend.
    — Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing.
  2. Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.
    — You'll find bras and panties in the intimates section upstairs.
动词 v.
  1. To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly. ambitransitive
    — He intimated that we should leave before the argument escalated.
  2. To notify. India,transitive
    — I will intimate you when the details are available.
形容词 adj.
  1. Closely acquainted; familiar.
    — an intimate friend
  2. Personal; private.
    — an intimate setting
  3. Pertaining to sex organs or underwear. euphemistic
    — Intimate apparel departments have separate sections for bras and panties; within those sections, our intimate apparel firm would have its bras displayed separately from its panties.
  4. Pertaining to sexual acts or a sexual relationship. euphemistic
    — She enjoyed some intimate time alone with her husband.
  5. Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know.
    — The candidate showed an intimate knowledge of the inner workings of politics.
  6. Very finely mixed.
    — Black powder consists of an intimate mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.

词形变化

more intimate comparative most intimate superlative intimates plural intimates present,singular,third-person intimating participle,present intimated participle,past intimated past

词汇关系

衍生词
extimate intimate apparel intimate area intimately intimateness intimate partner violence intimate parts intimater intimate relations intimatopia nonintimate overintimate ultraintimate unintimate unintimated
相关词
intimacy intimation

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin intimātus, the perfect passive participle of intimō (“to put or bring into, to impress, to make familiar”) (see -ate (adjective forming suffix)), from intimus (“inmost, innermost, most intimate”), superlative of intus (“within”), from in (“in”); see interior.
词源 2
From a substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
词源 3
From Latin intimātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French intimer.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary