| 单词 | intimation |
| 释义 | intimation (once / 1156 pages) n The noun intimation means a hint or an indirect suggestion. Your teacher's intimation that there could be a quiz the next day might send you into a panic, while your friend sitting beside you might not even notice. Intimation comes from the Latin word intimationem, which means an announcement. In English, intimation refers to a less direct form of communication. It's a suggestion or hint, rather than a blatant statement of fact. Your first intimation that your brother had a girlfriend was the amount of time he spent whispering into the phone. The second intimation was when he asked your parents for money for two movie tickets. WORD FAMILYintimation: intimations+/intimacy: intimacies/intimate: intimacy, intimated, intimately, intimates, intimating, intimatingly, intimation USAGE EXAMPLESThis intimation is newly germane: a vague but feminine mysticism is in. The New Yorker(Nov 20, 2016) Many critics saw the songs on the album as an intimation of his own mortality. BBC(Nov 10, 2016) Back at the Harpa concert hall, Let’s Eat Grandma acquit themselves well before a big crowd, with their intimations of ritual and pagan strangeness. The Guardian(Nov 06, 2016) 1n a slight suggestion or vague understanding Syn|Hyper glimmer, glimmering, inkling suggestion an idea that is suggested 2n an indirect suggestion Syn|Hyper breath, hint proffer, proposition, suggestion a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection |
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