Word · Frequency #21163
confidante
女性知己；红颜知己
核心释义
a woman who is trusted with private or secret matters; a female confidant.
- 1.
女性密友。
A female confidant.
- 2.
女性知己
a female confidant
- 3.
一种两端各有与主座位成直角座位的长椅。
A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
女性密友。；女性知己；一种两端各有与主座位成直角座位的长椅。；知己的女友
用法In use
Over the years, Maria has become my closest confidante, and I tell her everything.
用法提示：confidante 是名词，指女性密友，在句中作表语，表达‘女性知己’这一含义。
She needed a confidante she could trust with her career plans.
用法提示：confidante 是名词，作宾语，表示可以信任的女性知己。
The two sisters were each other's confidantes, sharing secrets late into the night.
用法提示：confidantes 是 confidante 的复数形式，作表语，指彼此信赖的女性知己。
sb's confidante
confidante 仅指女性；男性对应词是 confidant。
She was the queen's closest confidante.
她是女王最亲密的女性知己。
a confidante of sb
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- close confidante
- 亲密知己（女性）
- She is my closest confidante.她是我最亲密的知己。
- trusted confidante
- 可信赖的女性知己
- He told the secret only to his trusted confidante.他只把这个秘密告诉了他信任的女性知己。
- become a confidante
- 成为知心密友（女性）
- Over the years, she became his confidante.多年来，她成了他的红颜知己。
- serve as a confidante
- 充当知己（女性）
- She served as confidante to the queen.她充当女王的知己。
- childhood confidante
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把她名字结尾的 e 看作女性标记：confide（倾诉）+ e = 可以倾诉秘密的女性知己。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：personal relationships、literary writing confidante 是 confidant 的阴性形式，专指女性知己，通常用于书面或较正式的叙述，指可以倾诉秘密的女性朋友；日常口语中比较少见，可改用 close female friend。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 confidante 的最后一个音节 /-ænt/ 押韵：ant、pant、rant、grant、plant 和 can't 都含 /ænt/ 音。注意别被拼写骗了：ante 读 /ˈænti/，anti 读 /ˈæntaɪ/，这两个都不押韵；confidante 末尾的 e 不发音，其阳性形式 confidant 读音通常也相同。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.