hobnob

vi. 过从甚密, 共饮, 交谈 n. 共饮, 交谈

发音

UK /ˈhɒbnɒb/
AU
US /ˈhɑbˌnɑb/

词形变化

hobnobs 复数 hobnobbed hobnobbing hobnobs 三单 hobnobs hobnobbing 现在分词 hobnobbed 过去式 hobnobbed 过去分词

别名

hob-nob hobandnob hobanob hobber-nob hob-and-nob

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A toast made while touching glasses together.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    A drinking together.

  3. 3.

    An informal chat.

    The three friends had a hobnob outside the bar.

v.
  1. 1.

    To drink together.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To associate with in a friendly manner, often with those of a higher class or status; to fraternize.

    贬义 不及物

    The ambitious young student hobnobbed with the faculty at the prestigious college he hoped to attend.

    His favorite spot in the club was the bar, where he could hobnob with the big-wigs.

  3. 3.

    To have or have not; to give or take.

    不及物 废旧 罕用
  4. 4.

    To toast one another by touching glasses.

    不及物 废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    On friendly terms; in friendly association.

adv.
  1. 1.

    At random; at a venture; hit and miss.

    废旧

词汇关系

动词

上位词 2

socialize socialise

词源

From hob and nob, hob or nob (“a phrase spoken when making a toast, possibly meaning ‘give and take’; to take turns toasting or buying rounds of drinks”) (archaic), from dialectal hab nab (“to have or have not, in the sense of an invitation to have a drink”), from Old English habban (“to have, possess”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to grab, seize”)) + nabban (“to not have”) (from ne (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (“not”)) + habban).

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