单词 | familiar |
释义 | adjective | noun familiarfamiliar1 /fəˈmɪlyɚ/ ●●○ S3 W3 adjective 1WELL-KNOWN TO YOU well-known to you and easy to recognize: It was a relief to be back in familiar surroundings.look/sound/seem familiar His face looks familiar to me. There was something vaguely familiar (=a little familiar) about her. She is a familiar figure (=well-known person) in New York’s clubs. Stories of environmental damage are becoming all-too-familiar (=very familiar, in a way that is sad or upsetting).2be familiar with something to know something well because you have seen it, read it, or used it many times before: Are you familiar with his books?3FRIENDLY/INFORMAL talking to someone in a friendly and informal way that you use with people you know well: familiar with Hotel staff should not be too familiar with guests. He’s on familiar terms with (=knows them well enough to be friendly and informal) all the teachers.4USING INFORMAL LANGUAGE informal in speech, writing, etc.: Sanders has an easy, familiar style of writing. → see also familiarly adjective | noun familiarfamiliar2 noun 1[countable] a cat or other animal that is controlled by an evil spirit, and is used by a witch to do magic2familiars old use close friends |
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