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Intimate Inmost Latin Intim Close Friend Acquainted Late

正面 4251.intimate
英 ['ɪntɪmət]美 [ˈɪntəmɪt]

背面
释义:
adj. 亲密的;私人的;精通的;有性关系的n. 知己;至交vt. 暗示;通知;宣布
例句:
1. Mr Black went for the jugular, asking intimate sexual questions.布莱克先生直攻要害,问起了性方面的隐私问题。

1. in- => inter- => intim- "inmost" (最高级).2. intim- "inmost" => "close friend" + -ate.3. => closely acquainted, very familiar, make known, inmost things.4. 在心里ti 提到,这是在新人与夫妻之间用;与一个人亲密,所以了解详细.5. intimate knowledge 详细的知识.6. [提示]考试的时候才“详细的”,生活中是“亲密的”.
intimate 亲密的,密友来自拉丁语intus,在内部,在里面,-m,最高级后缀,词源同extreme,ultimate.引申词义亲密的。
intimate (adj.)1630s, "closely acquainted, very familiar," from Late Latin intimatus, past participle of intimare "make known, announce, impress," from Latin intimus "inmost" (adj.), "close friend" (n.), superlative of in "in" (see in- (2)). Used euphemistically in reference to women's underwear from 1904. Related: Intimately.intimate (v.)"suggest indirectly," 1530s, back-formation from intimation, or else from Late Latin intimatus, past participle of intimare. Related: Intimated; intimating.intimate (n.)1650s, "person with whom one is intimate," from intimate (adj.)."

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