单词 | friend |
释义 | friend —friendless, adj. —friendlessness, n. /frend/, n. 1. a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard. 2. a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter: friends of the Boston Symphony. 3. a person who is on good terms with another; a person who is not hostile: Who goes there? Friend or foe? 4. a member of the same nation, party, etc. 5. (cap.) a member of the Religious Society of Friends; a Quaker. 6. make friends with, to enter into friendly relations with; become a friend to. v.t. 7. Rare. to befriend. [bef. 900; ME friend, frend, OE freond friend, lover, relative (c. OS friund, OHG friunt (G Freund), Goth frijonds), orig. prp. of freogan, c. Goth frijon to love] Syn. 1. comrade, chum, crony, confidant. See acquaintance. 2. backer, advocate. 4. ally, associate, confrere, compatriot. Ant. 1, 4. enemy, foe. |
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