Acquaintance



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解释

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• n.熟知; 熟人
• ［英］ n.熟知 ( knowledge from personal experience) ; 熟人 ( a person whom one knows, but not intimately)
• ［记］ ac+quaint ( 知道) +ance -> 熟知;注意: quaint ( adj. 奇妙的, 古怪的) ; acquaint ( v. 和...相知)
• ［同］ v. acquain

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. the state of being acquainted
  • b. personal knowledge ; familiarity
• 2.
  • a. the persons with whom one is acquainted should auld acquaintance be forgot — Robert Burns
  • b. a person whom one knows but who is not a particularly close friend a casual acquaintance
• • acquaintanceship noun

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