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intimate

adjective
 
🔊/ˈɪntɪmət/
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  1.  
    (of people人) having a close and friendly relationship亲密的；密切的
    • intimate friends密友
    • We're not on intimate terms with our neighbours.我们和邻居来往不多。🔊🔊
    Topics Family and relationshipsc1
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    private and personal, often in a sexual way个人隐私的（常指性方面的）
    • The article revealed intimate details about his family life.文章披露了他的家庭生活中的隐私。🔊🔊
    • the most intimate parts of her body她的身体的最隐私部位
  3. (of a place or situation地方或情形) encouraging close, friendly relationships, sometimes of a sexual nature宜于密切关系的；温馨的；便于有性关系的
    • an intimate restaurant幽静温馨的餐厅
    • He knew an intimate little bar where they would not be disturbed.他知道一处适合幽会的小酒吧，他们在那里不会受到打扰。🔊🔊
  4. (of knowledge知识) very detailed详尽的；精通的
    • an intimate knowledge of the English countryside对英格兰乡村的透彻了解
  5. (of a link between things事物间的联系) very close密切的；紧密的
    • an intimate connection between class and educational success社会阶层和优良教育之间的密切联系
  6. intimate (with somebody) (formal or law法律) having a sexual relationship with somebody有性关系的；暧昧的
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    7. Word Originadjective early 17th cent. (as a noun): from late Latin intimatus, past participle of Latin intimare ‘impress, make familiar’, from intimus ‘inmost’.

intimate

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they intimate
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he / she / it intimates
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past simple intimated
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past participle intimated
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-ing form intimating
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  1. to let somebody know what you think or mean 透露；（间接）表示；暗示synonym let it be known/make it known that…
    • intimate something (to somebody) He has already intimated to us his intention to retire.他已经向我们透露了他要退休的打算。🔊🔊
    • intimate (that)… He has already intimated (that) he intends to retire.他已经暗示他打算退休。
    Word Originverb early 16th cent.: (earlier (late Middle English) as intimation) from late Latin intimat- ‘made known’, from the verb intimare ‘impress, make familiar’, from intimus ‘inmost’.

intimate

noun
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  1. a close personal friend密友；至交；知己
    • He was a wartime minister and intimate of Churchill.他是战时部长和丘吉尔的亲密朋友。
    Topics Family and relationshipsc2
    Word Originnoun early 17th cent. (as a noun): from late Latin intimatus, past participle of Latin intimare ‘impress, make familiar’, from intimus ‘inmost’.