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greet

/greet/US // grit //UK // (ɡriːt) //

打招呼,问候,迎接,致敬

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
    • : to meet or receive: to be greeted by cheering crowds; to greet a proposal with boos and hisses.
    • : to manifest itself to: Music greeted his ear as he entered the salon.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Obsolete. to give salutations on meeting.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbwelcome
Forms: greeted, greeting
Synonyms

Examples

  • Walking up the main staircase you’re greeted by portraits of Mikhail Gorbachev, Pablo Neruda, and, of course, George Washington.

  • When those powers emerge, she is greeted with horror by society.

  • In many cities, though, rank-and-file police officers are greeting these efforts with an apparent pullback.

  • Jon Landau, the producer of both Titanic and Avatar, greeted us as we entered the typical American conference room, with the air-conditioning turned to “Arctic” and thick blue carpet that muted our footsteps.

  • So we all greeted the architects’ arrival this week as a sign that things are finally starting to nudge back in the direction of normal.

  • "That was crazy," Lynn Jenkins of Kansas muttered to another member as she walked to greet Boehner.

  • Her brother Mulbah Sirleaf said Dedee could not be there to greet her child because her “heart was hurting.”

  • Those are the first words that slip out of my mouth when I greet Andrew Garfield at a hotel suite in Downtown Toronto.

  • Women parade in front of visitors, kiss them on the cheek, and greet them with “Fique à vontade” (Make yourself comfortable).

  • Shaw put himself right alongside the line and took a minute to shake hands and greet each delegate.

  • At the store he would never have given in, but he was not accustomed to hearing so loud a murmur of approval greet the opposition.

  • "Fine, Mr. Glavis," replied Mildred's mother, arising to greet him for the second time that day.

  • "I just happened to be passin' and thought I'd drop in for a spell," he said, with a profound bow to Mary, who arose to greet him.

  • On the arrival of the court many of the old Creole families hastened to the capital to greet their sovereigns.

  • The young doctor was there, too, as were Mrs. Tip Pulsifer and a half dozen others, a goodly company to greet us.