Word · Frequency #5263
intimates
密友；知己
intimates is the plural of intimate.
核心释义
a very close friend; someone you trust with private matters
- 1.
非常亲密的朋友。
A very close friend.
- 2.
被告知私密事情的人
someone to whom private matters are confided
- 3.
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.
女式内衣；睡衣；女士贴身衣物；非常亲密的朋友。；被告知私密事情的人；女式内衣、睡衣或情趣内衣,尤指商店中出售的。；至交
用法In use
She is my closest intimate, and I tell her everything.
用法提示：此处 intimate 作名词，意为‘知己’，指可以倾诉私密的人。
Only a few intimates knew about his secret project.
用法提示：intimates 是复数形式，指‘密友’们。
He confided his fears to no one except a trusted intimate.
用法提示：intimate 前有修饰语 trusted，强调‘可信的知己’。
an intimate of [sb]
She is an intimate of the royal family.
她是王室的一位密友。
one of [poss] intimates
He is one of my closest intimates.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- close intimate
- 亲密的知己
- She is a close intimate of the family.她是这家的一个亲密知己。
- old intimate
- 老朋友；旧知己
- He is an old intimate from college.他是我大学时的老朋友。
- trusted intimate
- 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。
- one of his intimates
- 他的密友之一
- She is one of his intimates.她是他的密友之一。
- confide in an intimate
- 向知己倾诉
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象'in'（内部）加'mate'（伙伴），就是内心伙伴，即知己。
语境与语域Context & Register
正式或书面语境，指密友
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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/.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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