hobnob
美音:[´hɔb´nɔb
]
英音:[´hɔb´nɔb
]
vi.对酌,共饮,(亲切)交谈 n.共饮,交谈
难易程度:
hobnob为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:hobnobbed 过去分词:hobnobbed 现在分词:hobnobbing 第三人称单数:hobnobs
hobnob
v past tense and past participlehobnobbedpresent participlehobnobbing [I]
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: drink hobnob 'to take turns in drinking' (18-19 centuries), from habnab 'in one way or another' (16-19 centuries), probably from Old English habban 'to have' and nabban 'to have not']
informal to spend time talking to people who are in a higher social position than you
hobnob with
He spent the first day hobnobbing with the management.
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: drink hobnob 'to take turns in drinking' (18-19 centuries), from habnab 'in one way or another' (16-19 centuries), probably from Old English habban 'to have' and nabban 'to have not']
informal to spend time talking to people who are in a higher social position than you
hobnob with
He spent the first day hobnobbing with the management.
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