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friend 音标拼音: [fr'ɛnd] n. 朋友,支持者,赞助者 朋友,支持者,赞助者 friend n 1: a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; " he was my best friend at the university" 2: an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; " he' s a good ally in fight" [ synonym: { ally}, { friend}] [ ant: { enemy}, { foe}] 3: a person with whom you are acquainted; " I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; " we are friends of the family" [ synonym: { acquaintance}, { friend}] [ ant: { alien}, { stranger}, { unknown}] 4: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; " all their supporters came out for the game"; " they are friends of the library" [ synonym: { supporter}, { protagonist}, { champion}, { admirer}, { booster}, { friend}] 5: a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox ( the Friends have never called themselves Quakers) [ synonym: { Friend}, { Quaker}] Friend \ Friend\ ( fr[ e^] nd), n. [ OR. frend, freond, AS. fre[' o] nd, prop. p. pr. of fre[' o] n, fre[' o] gan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. fr[ ae] ndi kinsman, Sw. fr[ aum] nde. Goth. frij[= o] nds friend, frij[= o] n to love. [ root] 83. See { Free}, and cf. { Fiend}.] 1. One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society and welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant. [ 1913 Webster] Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. -- Prov. xviii. 24. [ 1913 Webster] 2. One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address. [ 1913 Webster] Friend, how camest thou in hither? -- Matt. xxii. 12. [ 1913 Webster] 3. One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution. [ 1913 Webster] 4. One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers. [ 1913 Webster] America was first visited by Friends in 1656. -- T. Chase. [ 1913 Webster] 5. A paramour of either sex. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { A friend at court} or { A friend in court}, one disposed to act as a friend in a place of special opportunity or influence. { To be friends with}, to have friendly relations with. " He' s . . . friends with C[ ae] sar." -- Shak. { To make friends with}, to become reconciled to or on friendly terms with. " Having now made friends with the Athenians." -- Jowett ( Thucyd.). [ 1913 Webster]
Friend \ Friend\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Friended}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Friending}.] To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Fortune friends the bold. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 59 Moby Thesaurus words for " friend": Maecenas, acquaintance, adherent, advocate, ally, alter ego, amigo, angel, associate, baby, backer, beau, bedfellow, benefactor, best friend, bird, boon companion, bosom buddy, bosom friend, boyfriend, chum, co- worker, cocker, cohort, colleague, compatriot, compeer, comrade, concubine, confederate, confidant, confidante, confrere, consociate, crony, doxy, escort, familiar, fellow, financier, girl, intimate, investor, lover, man, mate, mistress, moll, pal, partner, patron, playmate, roomie, soul mate, squeeze, supporter, sweetheart, twist, woman |
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