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intimating

/in-tuh-mit/US // ˈɪn tə mɪt //UK // (ˈɪntɪmɪt) //

亲切的,暗示,暗示性的,暗示性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : associated in close personal relations: an intimate friend.
    • : characterized by or involving warm friendship or a personally close or familiar association or feeling: an intimate greeting.
    • : very private; closely personal: one's intimate affairs.
    • : characterized by or suggesting an atmosphere conducive to privacy or intimacy; warmly cozy: an intimate little café where we can relax and talk.
    • : arising from close personal connection or familiar experience.
    • : engaged in or characterized by sexual relations: too young to handle an intimate relationship.
    • : worn next to the skin, under street or outer garments: a store that sells intimate apparel.
    • : detailed; deep: a more intimate analysis.
    • : showing a close union or combination of particles or elements: an intimate mixture.
    • : inmost; deep within.
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of the inmost or essential nature; intrinsic: the intimate structure of an organism.
    • : of, relating to, or existing in the inmost depths of the mind: intimate beliefs.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an intimate friend or associate, especially a confidant.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbsuggest; tip off

Examples

  • Now, Davisson said, with most students at home, the data collected are even more intimate.

  • What would have been merely an inconvenient pairing in normal times had under quarantine become an oppressively intimate arrangement.

  • He ran a late-night program where listeners could call in and chat about anything as they wished, often riffing on feelings, relationships or other intimate subjects.

  • So this was getting increasingly concerning because the services that people were using were starting to collect more and more personal, intimate data, more quantities of data.

  • The study “demonstrates these organisms had an intimate association,” says Leung.

  • Sam buttoned the will carefully in a side pocket; intimating by a look meanwhile, that he did mean it, and very seriously too.

  • Intimating that he would wait, Lechmere took his seat at a little table in one of the public rooms and asked for something.

  • Ingham sent Woodbury's letter to Biddle, intimating that it was political partiality that was complained of.

  • Maid-servants followed with a distaff and wool, intimating that she was to spin as matrons formerly did.

  • The Battle of Mollwitz went off like a signal-shot among the Nations; intimating that they were, one and all, to go battling.