| 单词 | familiar |
| 释义 | Word family noun familiarity ≠ unfamiliarity family familiarization adjective familiar ≠ unfamiliar familial verb familiarize adverb familiarly fa·mil·i·ar1 /fəˈmɪliə $ -ər/ ●●○ S3 W2 adjective 1 RECOGNIZEsomeone or something that is familiar is well-known to you and easy to recognize 熟悉的 a familiar tune 熟悉的曲调look/sound familiar The voice on the phone sounded familiar. 电话里的声音很耳熟。be familiar to somebody The signs of drug addiction are familiar to most doctors. 毒瘾的症状大多数医生都熟悉。 It was a relief to be back in familiar surroundings. 回到熟悉的环境里让人松了一口气。 Beggars on the street are becoming a familiar sight. 街上出现乞丐的情况逐渐变得屡见不鲜。 This kind of situation was all too familiar (=very familiar) to John. 这种情形对约翰来说太熟悉了。 Her face seems vaguely familiar, but I can’t quite place her. 她看起来有点面熟，但我还是认不出她来。 RegisterIn everyday English, people often say that they know something rather than saying it is familiar: 在日常英语中，人们常说know something，不说it is familiar The name of the restaurant was not familiar to me. → I didn't know the name of the restaurant. 我不知道那家餐厅的名字。2 be familiar with something USED TO/ACCUSTOMED TOto have a good knowledge or understanding of something 通晓某事物，熟悉某事物 Are you familiar with this type of machine? 你熟悉这种机器吗？ I’m not familiar with her poetry. 我不熟悉她的诗作。3 be on familiar terms with somebody FRIENDLYto know someone well and be able to talk to them in an informal way 与某人交情很好，和某人关系友好 He’s on familiar terms with all the teachers. 他和所有的老师都很熟。4 TALK TO somebodytalking to someone as if you know them well although you do not 过分亲密的，随便的familiar with I thought he was being a bit familiar with my wife. 我觉得他对我妻子有点过分亲昵。5 informal and friendly in speech, writing etc 非正式的；随和的 The novel is written in an easy familiar style. 这部小说的笔调轻松随意。 → familiarlyn THESAURUSbe familiar with something to have a good knowledge or understanding of something, because you have used it, read about it etc beforeBefore the interview, make sure you are familiar with the company’s main products.It will take a little while to become familiar with the new software.be used to something (also be accustomed to something formal) to have experienced something before, so that it no longer seems surprising, difficult, strange etcI’m used to eating spicy food.Jay found the job hard to begin with, but he soon got used to it.Consumers have grown accustomed (=become accustomed)to having a lot of choice.Our staff are accustomed to dealing with the needs of foreign clients.be at home with something to feel happy and confident about doing or using something, especially because you have had a lot of practiceTom’s lived in Moscow for 20 years and he’s completely at home with the language.It takes a few weeks for people to feel at home with the system.be comfortable with something/somebody to feel relaxed and not worried about doing something or being with someoneWe’re all becoming increasingly comfortable with buying things online.The activities are intended to help new students feel more comfortable with each other..Examples from the Corpusfamiliar• She was singing along to a tune on the radio that sounded vaguely familiar.• The man seated at the next table looked faintly familiar.• By contrast, the memories of people my age are spookily familiar.• I don't like it when men I've just met are too familiar.• Mimicking the President's familiar accent, DJ Rogers told his listeners that aliens had invaded.• It's nice to see a familiar face - I was afraid I wouldn't know anyone here.• He scanned the audience, searching for a familiar face.• Kylie soon became a familiar figure at some of London's top fashion stores.• The local policeman is now a familiar figure in our school.• From the darkness between the semi-detached houses across the street came the familiar figure of Jack Stone.• Robbie got that familiar goofy expression on his face as I told him the story.• That girl looks familiar. I'm sure I've met her before.• The giant cross has become a familiar landmark to generations of San Franciscans.• Sanders has an easy, familiar style of writing.• It was a relief to be back in the familiar surroundings of my hometown.• It was good to be back in familiar surroundings.• The first track on the album will be instantly familiar to Billie Holliday fans.• This kind of problem will be familiar to many married couples.• Its strange shape has become familiar to us.• That's a familiar tune - what is it?• That morning she heard an old familiar voice on the kitchen radio.• She came up to me and started talking in such a familiar way that I thought I must have met her before.• Gibson's name is familiar -- what else did he write?• By using and learning about the hardware and software, developing country professionals will become familiar with a variety of modern technologies.• Not only will that skill help your re sume, it will make you familiar with on-line job recruiting.• If customers' needs are to be recognized and met, designers and engineers must be familiar with sales and marketing.• Those familiar with Vegetarian Times already know how accessible the recipes are.vaguely familiar• His voice, warm and slightly drunk, sounded vaguely familiar.• The other was of a man, plumpish and vaguely familiar.• The voice on the other end of the line was vaguely familiar.• The young man had seemed vaguely familiar.• Her face was vaguely familiar, and Floyd suddenly became aware that the Administrator was looking at him with a quizzical smile.• She seems vaguely familiar , but I can't quite remember where I know her from.• Although the old Victorian building with its spine of hutted wards was a vaguely familiar place, it was by no means home.• She began to feel vaguely familiar with the names of drinks and their prices.familiar2 noun [countable] ROMa cat or other animal that lives with a witch and has magical powers 〔与女巫共居的〕妖兽，妖精Examples from the Corpusfamiliar• Greenfly, whitefly, sawfly are his familiars.• Virtually every adult man, and a few older women, possess familiars.• Some will eventually feel the loneliness as passage, as the rending of the familiar that is part of coming of age.• He was not the conventional stuff of which familiars were made, of course.Origin familiar (1200-1300) Old French familier, from Latin familia; → FAMILYfa·mil·i·ar1 adjective →REGISTER1 →n THESAURUS1familiar2 nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable familiar someone or that well-known to is something is Corpus you |
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