nodding acquaintance

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A casual or partial familiarity; a relationship which is not close or fully developed; an inexact understanding (of something). idiomatic,usually
    — None of the quarrymen were intimate friends of mine. I had a nodding acquaintance with them.
  2. Someone who is a remote or passing acquaintance. idiomatic
    — [T]o reach Cattewater I must either fetch a circuit through purlieus where every householder knew me and every urchin was a nodding acquaintance, or make a straight dash.

词形变化

nodding acquaintances plural
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