英语词汇“companionable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

companionable

释义

companionable, a.|kəmˈpænjənəb(ə)l|
[f. companion v. or n. + -able. The word has taken the place of the earlier companable, -iable.]
1. Fitted for companionship; sociable; agreeable as a companion, pleasant in society or conversation. Said of persons, their dispositions, etc.
1627–77Feltham Resolves i. xxxvi. 60 Man..was by Nature made a Creature companionable.Ibid. ii. xlix. 256 A Companionable Life.1640Walton Life Donne (T.), His very words and looks..moulded them into a companionable sadness.a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. viii. (J.), He had a more companionable wit, and swayed more among the good fellows.1796Windham Speeches Parl. (1812) I. 286 Some [dogs] were retained..for their companionable qualities.1837Dickens Pickw. xxxv, The insides contrived to be very companionable all the way.
2. Of things: Fitted to go with or match. rare.
1823Lamb Elia (1860) 186 To have thrown in his benediction, ay, and his mite too, for a companionable symbol.1879G. Meredith Egoist I. xviii. 323 She had the..art of dressing to suit the season and the sky. To-day the art was ravishingly companionable with her sweetly-lighted face.

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