单词 | nodding acquaintance |
释义 | nodding acquaintance 1. a slight, incomplete, or superficial knowledge (of something or someone): He had only a nodding acquaintance with Italian and didn't trust it to get him through the tour. Although we were neighbors for several years, we had only a nodding acquaintance. 2. a person with whom one is only slightly acquainted: I don't really know what he's like - he's only a nodding acquaintance. [1860-65] |
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