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hail-fellow

/noun heyl-fel-oh; adjective heyl-fel-oh/US // noun ˈheɪlˈfɛl oʊ; adjective ˈheɪlˌfɛl oʊ //

呼朋引伴,呼朋唤友,雹友,呼朋引类

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also hail fellow, hail-fellow well met . a spiritedly sociable person; jolly companion.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : sociable; heartily genial: His hail-fellow manner helped him to advance in the sales force.

Examples

  • On Dec. 22, 1799, Sands told her cousins that she would be leaving to elope with a fellow boarder named Levi Weeks that night.

  • He has even joked about how his fellow Republicans attack him.

  • At least 29 fellow Republicans must vote against Boehner for a second ballot to be reached, and that seems very unlikely.

  • Instead, I spend much of my time criticizing my fellow atheists.

  • An atheist counsels his fellow non-believers on how not to talk to people of faith.

  • It was one of those long moments that makes a fellow draw his breath sharp when he thinks about it afterward.

  • He controlled himself betimes, bethinking him that, after all, there might be some reason in what this fat fellow said.

  • Man's enthusiasm in praise of a fellow mortal, is soon damped by the original sin of his nature—rebellious pride!

  • It beats punching cows, though—that is, when a fellow discovers that he isn't a successful cowpuncher.

  • Again the young fellow repeats his fatal "Banco," as he stakes a fresh pile of notes handed to him by the obsequious Jew.