| 单词 | familiarize |
| 释义 | familiarize (once / 5410 pages) v To familiarize yourself with something is to learn about it or become comfortable with it. Once you familiarize yourself with the unusual spices, you'll probably find Indian food delicious. You can familiarize yourself with the alphabet and particular sounds of a language before you start learning to speak it, and you can also familiarize a young child with the rules before her first trip to an art museum. Originally, familiarize meant "to make well-known," from familiar, from the Latin familiaris, "familiar or intimate," and the verb-forming suffix -ize. WORD FAMILYfamiliarize: familiarization, familiarized, familiarizes, familiarizing+/familiar: familiarise, familiarity, familiarize, familiarly, familiars, overfamiliar, unfamiliar/familiarise: familiarisation, familiarised, familiarises, familiarising/familiarity: familiarities/unfamiliar: unfamiliarity, unfamiliarly/unfamiliarity: unfamiliarities USAGE EXAMPLESThrough his years as Santa, Carter incidentally familiarized himself with two students long before they were high school students. Washington Times(Dec 16, 2016) How do you familiarize yourself with a new locale? New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) “When meeting with a new babysitter, you will want to walk them through your child’s routine and get them familiarized with your home,” Perkins says. Washington Post(Dec 05, 2016) v make familiar or conversant with We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings Syn|Hypo|Hyper acquaint, familiarise acquaint, introduce, present cause to come to know personally orient familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances versefamiliarize through thorough study or experience reacquaintfamiliarize anew get intofamiliarize oneself thoroughly with inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
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