请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 acquaintancy
释义

acquaintancyn.

Brit. /əˈkweɪnt(ə)nsi/, U.S. /əˈkweɪn(t)(ə)nsi/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: acquaintance n.
Etymology: Alteration (with suffix substitution: see -ancy suffix) of acquaintance n. Compare earlier acquaintance n., acquaintanceship n., acquaintedness n.
= acquaintanceship n. (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > state of being acquainted
acquaintancec1230
knowledge1389
quaintancea1400
acquaintation1468
acquaintanceship1640
acquaintancy1855
1819 ‘D. Sangrado’ Lay of Graduate 40 Sauntering on, why sure, said I, There's one of mine acquaintancy!
1855 T. B. Salter Let. 25 June in C. Darwin Corr. (1989) V. 357 I was very happy to receive your letter &..I thank you for this step towards an acquaintancy which I may hope some day to make more fully.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona i. xx. 243 I cannot call to mind that I have given you any right to presume on our acquaintancy.
1917 Nature-study Rev. Mar. 92 If every chronic hunter could have had a dose of..acquaintancy with a brood of young squirrels..there would be little need of a law to protect them.
1965 K. W. Bolle Persistence of Relig. vi. 114 We feel very much aligned with historians and philologists who do not take pride in their acquaintancy with theologians, if they have any at all.
2006 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 21 Oct. 19 The five-goal front man is looking forward to renewing old acquaintancies at New Broomfield.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1819
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/21 4:01:27