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an intimate of [sb]
She is an intimate of the royal family.
她是王室的一位密友。
密友；知己
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密友；知己
a very close friend; someone you trust with private matters
She is an intimate of the royal family.
她是王室的一位密友。
非常亲密的朋友。
A very close friend.
被告知私密事情的人
someone to whom private matters are confided
女式内衣、睡衣或情趣内衣,尤指商店中出售的。
Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.
She is my closest intimate, and I tell her everything.
她是我最亲密的知己，我什么事都告诉她。
Only a few intimates knew about his secret project.
只有几位密友知道他的秘密项目。
He confided his fears to no one except a trusted intimate.
除了一个可信的知己，他没有向任何人吐露过自己的恐惧。
She is an intimate of the royal family.
她是王室的一位密友。
He is one of my closest intimates.
他是我最亲密的知己之一。
They became intimates during college.
他们在大学期间成了密友。
Not this
She is my intimacy.
Use this
She is my intimate.
中文的“亲密”既可指关系也可指人，但英语中intimacy只表示亲密关系或状态，而intimate作名词才指亲密的朋友。
Not this
I have many intimate.
Use this
I have many intimates.
intimate作名词是可数名词，复数需加-s；而作形容词不能单独作名词宾语。
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亲密的知己
She is a close intimate of the family.
她是这家的一个亲密知己。
老朋友；旧知己
He is an old intimate from college.
他是我大学时的老朋友。
值得信赖的知己
Only her trusted intimate knows the secret.
只有她信任的知己知道这个秘密。
他的密友之一
She is one of his intimates.
她是他的密友之一。
向知己倾诉
We often confide in an intimate.
我们经常向知己倾诉。
成为知己
After years, they became intimates.
多年后，他们成了知己。
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想象'in'（内部）加'mate'（伙伴），就是内心伙伴，即知己。
正式或书面语境，指密友
All listed words have the same unstressed final syllable /mət/ as the noun 'intimate'. Beware that the verb 'intimate' is pronounced with a stressed /meɪt/.
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