单词 | to be good friends |
释义 | > as lemmasto be good friends c. Of a friend, ally, etc.: trusted, loyal, true; (more generally, of a friend) close, intimate. to be good friends: to have a mutual bond of close and loyal friendship. ΚΠ lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1129 Se kyng..& se eorl..wurðon þa alswa gode freond swa hi wæron æror feond. c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 150 (MED) Ha is us swiðe godd freond. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 7972 Þis tueye breþeren gode frend were þo riȝt. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 339 (MED) He had a gude frend, a preste, þat said a mes for hym & offred þe sacrament for hym. ?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton i. sig. dviiiv Whan two good frendes ben wel alyed to gyder, they be stronger. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. ii. sig. A.iijv Farewell all my good friendes, the tyme away dothe waste, And the tide they say, tarieth for no man. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 182 I am good friends with my father and may do any thing. View more context for this quotation 1649 Moderate No. 34. 347 The Hamiltonians..were all one, and as good friends as two Common Cheats (alias Lawyers) after pleading. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads ii. 36 Slain by Achilles who there massacred Many a Trojan, many a good Ally. 1725 J. Freind Hist. Physick I. 265 Calling in to his aid his ancient good ally, Microcosmetor, Governor of the Animal Spirits, he gives battle to the disturbers of his rest. 1781 J. Bentham Mem. & Corr. in Wks. (1843) X. 100 If anything should happen to jumble us together, we may perhaps be good pax. 1838 A. Jameson Winter Stud. & Summer Rambles Canada III. 55 A distinguished Pottowottomie warrior..was..a good friend to the Long-knives, (The Americans). 1893 New Rev. Mar. 285 She laughed; and offered him the half almond, and from that time they remained as good friends as ever. 1919 Boys' Life May 74 There's nothing like a bicycle club for jolly good fun—good pals—and good companionship. 1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 109 Old Sam, born and reared in the bush, a good mate and bushman. 1992 Stornoway Gaz. 18 Apr. 9/5 My father's brother, Uncle Dan, was at one time the big drummer and himself and Snowy, the pipe major, were good friends. 2011 Independent 6 Sept. (Viewspaper section) 21/5 She wouldn't listen to me but she listened to a good friend who persuaded her to re-sit. < as lemmas |
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