tutoyer
/too-twah-yey; French ty-twa-yey/US // ˌtu twɑˈyeɪ; French tü twaˈyeɪ //
辅导员,监护人,家教,辅导者
Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
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tu·toy·ered or tu·toy·ed [too-twah-yeyd], /ˌtu twɑˈyeɪd/, tu·toy·er·ing [too-twah-yey-ing]. /ˌtu twɑˈyeɪ ɪŋ/.
- : to address, especially in French, using the familiar forms of the pronoun “you” rather than the more formal forms; address familiarly.
Examples
I was half inclined to array myself in drab, and tutoyer the first of the body I chanced to encounter in my walks abroad.
And it depends a great deal upon circumstances whether it is affection or insult to tutoyer a stranger.
I should not have recognized her, and I don't dare to tutoyer the young lady!
And during the sixteen months of his studentship he grew sufficiently familiar with some of his fellow-students even to tutoyer.
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