intimacy
英 ['?nt?m?s?]
美['?nt?m?si]
- n. 性行為；親密；親昵行為；隱私
TEM8TOEFL低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?intimacies;
助記提示
1. in- => inter- => intim- "inmost" (最高級(jí)).
2. intim- "inmost" => "close friend" + -acy.
3. => closely acquainted, very familiar, inmost things.
2. intim- "inmost" => "close friend" + -acy.
3. => closely acquainted, very familiar, inmost things.
中文詞源
intimacy 親密，密切
來(lái)自intimate,親密的。
英文詞源
- intimacy (n.)
- 1640s, from intimate + -cy. As a euphemism for "sexual intercourse," from 1670s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. She still ached for the lost intimacy and sexual contact of marriage.
- 她仍舊渴望擁有婚姻中逝去的那份繾綣和肌膚之親。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The truth was he did not feel like intimacy with any woman.
- 事實(shí)是他不想與任何女人發(fā)生性關(guān)系。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Her sunburn made intimacy too painful.
- 她的皮膚曬傷了，使得想要親熱一下都變得很痛苦。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. It takes time to build up intimacy.
- 建立親密關(guān)系是需要時(shí)間的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. His claims to an intimacy with the President are somewhat exaggerated.
- 他聲稱自己與總統(tǒng)關(guān)系密切,這有點(diǎn)言過(guò)其實(shí).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》