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).
[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
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[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。
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[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; NAmEˈɪntɪməsi/noun(pluralin·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 ]( formalorlaw 律) sexual activity, especially an act of sexual intercourse性行为;(尤指)性交intimacyintimaciesin·tim·acy/ˈɪntɪməsi; NAmEˈɪntɪməsi/
LDC
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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亲密(96%),隐私(4%)
n.性行为;亲密;亲昵行为;隐私
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