剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - familiar collapse

familiar
[UK]/fə'mɪl.i.ər / [US]/-jɚ/
adjective
EASY TO RECOGNIZE 易认出
E
* easy to recognize because of being seen, met, heard, etc. before
熟悉的；常见的；常听说

1. There were one or two familiar faces (= people I knew).
那里有一两张熟悉的面孔。

2. The house looked strangely familiar, though she knew she'd never been there before.
尽管她知道自己以前从未到过那里，那座房子看上去却有一种奇怪的熟悉感。

3. The street was familiar to me.
这条街我很熟悉。

be familiar with sth/sb
A
* to know something or someone well
对…熟悉

1. I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with your poetry.
对不起，我对您的诗歌不甚了解。

[UK]/fə'mɪl.i.ər / [US]/-jɚ/
adjective
FRIENDLY 友好的
* informal and friendly, sometimes in a way that is not respectful to someone who is not a relation or close friend
随便的；亲近的

1. "That'll be five pounds, dear", he said in an irritatingly familiar way.
“要付五英镑，亲爱的。”，他用令人不快的放肆口吻说道。

2. He doesn't like to be too familiar with his staff.
他不愿意跟员工过分亲近。

[UK]/fə'mɪl.i.ər / [US]/-jɚ/
adjective
be on familiar terms
* to have a close and informal relationship
关系亲密

1. We had met before, but we were hardly (= not) on familiar terms.
我们以前见过面，但并不是很熟。

[UK]/fə'mɪl.i.ər / [US]/-jɚ/
noun [C] old use
* a close friend, or a spirit in the shape of a cat, bird or other animal that is the close companion of a witch
知交；（以猫、鸟等形象出现，与女巫为伴的）妖精

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - familiar collapse

familiar ★★★☆☆
1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词熟悉的;熟知的 If someone or something is familiar to you, you recognize them or know them well.

【搭配模式】：oft ADJ to n

  • He talked of other cultures as if they were more familiar to him than his own...

    他谈起其他文化时似乎比对他自己的文化还要熟悉。

  • They are already familiar faces on our TV screens.

    他们已经是我们电视屏幕上的熟面孔了。

  • ...the familiar names of long-established local firms.

    历史悠久、耳熟能详的当地公司

familiarity

  • Tony was unnerved by the uncanny familiarity of her face.

    怪异的是，她看起来竟有些面熟，这让托尼心慌意乱。

2.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词熟悉;熟知 If you are familiar with something, you know or understand it well.

【搭配模式】：v-link ADJ with n

  • Lesinko is quite familiar with Central Television. He worked there for 25 years...

    莱辛科对中央电视台相当熟悉。他在那儿工作了25年。

  • Most people are familiar with this figure from Wagner's opera.

    多数人都熟悉瓦格纳歌剧中的这一人物。

familiarity

  • The enemy would always have the advantage of familiarity with the rugged terrain.

    敌人一直都占有熟悉丘陵地形的优势。

3.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词过分亲昵的;过于随便的;放肆的 If someone you do not know well behaves in a familiar way towards you, they treat you very informally in a way that you might find offensive.

【语用信息】：disapproval

  • The driver of that taxi-cab seemed to me familiar to the point of impertinence...

    那辆出租车的司机在我看来放肆到了无礼的地步。

  • John's 'crime' was being too familiar with the manager and calling him Gouldy.

    约翰的“罪行”就是对经理太随便，还叫他古尔迪。

familiarity

  • She needed to control her surprise at the easy familiarity with which her host greeted the head waiter.

    看见主人和领班侍者打招呼时轻薄随便的样子，她简直按捺不住惊讶。

familiarly

  • 'Gerald, isn't it?' I began familiarly.

    “杰拉尔德，是你吧？”我亲昵地开口说道。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - familiar collapse

☞ familiar
fa·mil·iar / fE5miliE(r) / adjective1. ~ (to sb) well known to you; often seen or heard and therefore easy to recognize
   熟悉的；常见到的；常听说的:
   to look / sound / taste familiar
   看/听 / 尝起来熟悉
   He's a familiar figure in the neighbourhood.
   他在这个地区是大家熟悉的人物。
   The smell is very familiar to everyone who lives near a bakery.
   住在麪包店附近的人都很熟悉这种气味。
   Something about her voice was vaguely familiar.
   她的声音有点耳熟。
   Violent attacks are becoming all too familiar (= sadly familiar).
   暴力攻击变成了司空见惯的现象。
   OPP  unfamiliar
2. ~ with sth knowing sth very well
   通晓；熟悉:
   an area with which I had been familiar since childhood
   我自幼就了若指掌的一个地区
   Are you familiar with the computer software they use?
   你熟悉他们使用的计算机软件吗？
   OPP  unfamiliar
3. ~ (with sb) (of a person's behaviour 人的行为) very informal, sometimes in a way that is unpleasant
   随便的:
   You seem to be on very familiar terms with your tutor.
   你似乎和你的导师之间很随便。
   After a few drinks her boss started getting too familiar for her liking.
   老板几杯酒下肚以后就开始令她觉得过分亲昵。

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - familiar collapse

familiar adj.

1. well-known

• VERBS be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound The place felt faintly ~ to me. | become | make sth

• ADVERB extremely, fairly, very, etc. | awfully His face looked awfully ~. | entirely | increasingly | faintly, reasonably, vaguely | enough The report's conclusions were already ~ enough to the government. | already | immediately, instantly His face was instantly ~, even after all those years. | somehow a name that was somehow ~ | curiously, eerily, oddly, strangely Her face looked strangely ~. | comfortingly The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and comfortingly ~. | all too, depressingly, hauntingly (esp. AmE), horribly (esp. BrE), painfully, sickeningly a situation which has become all too ~ to most teachers

• PREPOSITION to The name sounded vaguely ~ to her.

2. familiar with sth having a good knowledge of sth

• VERBS be, seem | become, get, grow I was now getting much more ~ with the local area.

• ADVERB extremely, fairly, very, etc. | intimately | completely, fully, thoroughly You will need to be thoroughly ~ with our procedures. | overly I'm not overly ~ with these issues. | increasingly | reasonably | remotely Anyone even remotely ~ with Germany knows that beer plays a significant role in its culture. | already

Familiar is used with these nouns: ache, complaint, dilemma, example, face, feeling, figure, ground, image, landmark, melody, name, object, odour, pang, pattern, phrase, refrain, routine, scenario, scene, scent, sensation, shape, sight, smell, sound, story, surroundings, tale, terrain, territory, theme, tune, turf, voice

The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - familiar collapse

familiar
 see have a familiar ring.

新牛津英语同义词词典 - familiar collapse

familiar

adjective
1 I see a lot of familiar faces | a familiar task
WELL KNOWN , known, recognized, accustomed; common, everyday, day-to-day, ordinary, commonplace, frequent, habitual, usual, customary, repeated, routine, standard, stock, mundane, run-of-the-mill, conventional; household, domestic; Brit. common or garden; N. Amer. garden variety; informal bog-standard; poetic/literary wonted.
-opposite(s): UNFAMILIAR.

2 she was an old and familiar friend
CLOSE , intimate, dear, near, confidential, bosom; friendly, neighbourly, sociable, amicable, easy; informal pally, chummy, matey, buddy-buddy, palsy-walsy, thick, thick as thieves.

3 he enjoyed the familiar atmosphere in their house
INFORMAL , non-formal, casual, relaxed, comfortable, easy, free, free and easy, at ease, at home, friendly, unceremonious, unrestrained, unconstrained, unreserved, open, natural, simple, unpretentious.
-opposite(s): FORMAL.

4 they object to him being familiar with the staff
OVERFAMILIAR , unduly familiar, over-free, presumptuous, disrespectful, forward, bold, impudent, impertinent, intrusive; making passes at, chatting up, making advances towards; informal pushy.
-opposite(s): FORMAL.
familiar with are you familiar with the subject?
ACQUAINTED WITH , conversant with, versed in, informed about, knowledgeable about, well informed about, instructed in, skilled in, proficient in; at home with, no stranger to, au fait with, au courant with, apprised of, abreast of, up to date with, in touch with; informal well up on, in the know about, genned up on, clued in on, clued up on; Brit. informal switched on to; archaic ware of.
-opposite(s): UNFAMILIAR WITH.

Collins COBUILD English Usage - familiar collapse

familiar

If someone or something is familiar, you recognize them because you have seen, heard, or experienced them before.

    There was something familiar about him.

    Gradually I began to recognize familiar faces.

`familiar to'

If something is familiar to you, you know it well.

    My name was now familiar to millions of people.

    The things Etta spoke of were familiar to Judy only from magazines.

`familiar with'

If you know or understand something well, you can say that you are familiar with it.

    I am of course familiar with your work.

    ...statements which I am sure you are familiar with.

词源记忆 - familiar collapse

familiar 家族性的
来自family, 家庭，家族。