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Intimacy Close Personal Relationship ˈɪntɪməsi Sexual Noun Uncountable

Define "intimacy" as a close personal relationship (uncountable), an intimate remark or action (countable plural), or sexual activity (uncountable, formal/legal context). The term also refers to a feeling of privacy.

The flashcard defines "intimacy" in three ways: as a close personal relationship (uncountable), as sex or a sexual relationship (uncountable), and as intimate remarks or actions (countable plural).

word intimacy
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/ɪ̱ntɪməsi/
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]亲密;密切 Intimacy between two people is a very close personal relationship between them.
  [oft N with/between n]
  • ...a means of achieving intimacy with another person.

    与别人建立亲密关系的途径

2
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]性;性关系 You sometimes use intimacy to refer to sex or a sexual relationship.
  • Her sunburn made intimacy too painful...

    她的皮肤晒伤了,使得想要亲热一下都变得很痛苦。

  • The truth was he did not feel like intimacy with any woman.

    事实是他不想与任何女人发生性关系。

3
[N-COUNT 可数名词]亲昵的言语(或行为) Intimacies are things that you say or do to someone you have a very close personal relationship with.
  [usu pl]
  • ...the intimacies of a love scene.

    恋爱场面的亲昵行为


Oxford in·tim·acy / ˈɪntɪməsi ; NAmE ˈɪntɪməsi / noun ( plural in·tim·acies ) 1 [uncountable ] the state of having a close personal relationship with sb 亲密;密切;关系密切 2 [countable ,  usually plural ] a thing that a person says or does to sb that they know very well 亲密的言语(或行为) 3 [uncountable ] ( formal or law ) sexual activity, especially an act of sexual intercourse 性行为;(尤指)性交 intimacy intimacies in·tim·acy / ˈɪntɪməsi ; NAmE ˈɪntɪməsi /
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intimacyin‧ti‧ma‧cy /ˈɪntəməsi/ noun
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1[uncountable] a state of having a close personal relationship with someoneintimacy of the intimacy of marriageintimacy between a close sense of intimacy between parent and child2intimacies [plural] things you say or do to someone you have a close personal relationship with:  She thought back over the intimacies they’d shared and the plans they’d made.3[uncountable] a situation in which you feel you are in private with someone:  the cosy intimacy of the café4[uncountable] formal sex – used especially by lawyers and police when they want to avoid using the word ‘sex’
WDF

intimacy

[ˈɪntɪməsi]

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NOUN9508
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Spoken:

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亲密(96%),隐私(4%)
n.性行为;亲密;亲昵行为;隐私

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