intimation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of intimating.
  2. The thing intimated.
  3. Announcement; declaration.
    — They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.
  4. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference.
    — Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him.

词形变化

intimations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
preintimation
相关词
intimacy intimate

词源

From Middle French intimation, from Latin intimatio.
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