acquaintance

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n. 认识, 相识者

发音

UK /əˈkweɪntəns/
US /ʌˈkweɪn.təns/

词形变化

acquaintances 复数 acquaintances

别名

acquaintaunce acquaintence aquaintance

教材释义与例句

名词

熟人；相识；了解；知道

someone you know, but who is not a close friend

She was a casual acquaintance of my family in Vienna.

她是我们家在维也纳的一个交情不深的朋友。

He heard about the job through a mutual acquaintance (= someone you and another person both know ) .

他是通过一个双方都认识的人知道有这份工作的。

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.

    不可数 可数

    I know of the man; but have no acquaintance with him.

  2. 2.

    A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.

    熟人

    相识

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).

    不可数 可数
  4. 4.

    Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

friend familiarity acquaintanceship conversance conversancy

反义词 1

stranger

上位词 5

information relationship actor worker doer

下位词 10

connection pickup classmate homeboy schoolmate bunkmate campmate classfellow endman messmate

相关短语

acquaintance rape 熟人强奸（罪） acquaintance rapes nodding acquaintance scrape acquaintance make someone's acquaintance chance acquaintance makes someone's acquaintance making someone's acquaintance made someone's acquaintance

词源

From Middle English aqueyntaunce, from Anglo-Norman aquaintaunce, aqueintance, Old French acointance (“friendship, familiarity”), from Old French acointier (“to acquaint”). Compare French accointance. Morphologically acquaint + -ance.

来源：wiktionary