intimacy

英 [ˈɪntɪməsi]

美 [ˈɪntɪməsi]

n. 亲密; 密切; 关系密切; 亲密的言语(或行为); 性行为; (尤指)性交

复数：intimacies　

Collins.1 / BNC.7930 / COCA.5670

牛津词典

noun

N-UNCOUNT 亲密;密切
Intimacybetween two people is a very close personal relationship between them.
1. ...a means of achieving intimacy with another person.
  与别人建立亲密关系的途径
N-UNCOUNT 性;性关系
You sometimes useintimacyto refer to sex or a sexual relationship.
1. Her sunburn made intimacy too painful...
  她的皮肤晒伤了，使得想要亲热一下都变得很痛苦。
2. The truth was he did not feel like intimacy with any woman.
  事实是他不想与任何女人发生性关系。
N-COUNT 亲昵的言语(或行为)
Intimaciesare things that you say or do to someone you have a very close personal relationship with.
1. ...the intimacies of a love scene.
  恋爱场面的亲昵行为

noun

close or warm friendship
1. the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy
Synonym:familiaritycloseness
a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
1. their closeness grew as the night wore on
Synonym:closeness
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
Synonym:affairaffaireliaisoninvolvementamour

Their intimacy was now considerable.
现在他们已经相当亲密了。
The truth was he did not feel like intimacy with any woman.
事实是他不想与任何女人发生性关系。
You know that the intimacy, between you and my husband, has caused me a lot of pain.
你知道你和我丈夫之间的亲密关系引起我很大的痛苦。
Her sunburn made intimacy too painful
她的皮肤晒伤了，使得想要亲热一下都变得很痛苦。
Attraction provides the "x" factor for the sex, love, and intimacy we all crave.
对于我们渴望的性，爱和亲密来说，吸引力是一个未知数，举足轻重。
Much has been said of the intimacy between them.
他们之间的亲密已经说得够多的了。
The opening of the scene depicts Akhnaten and his family in a moment of intimacy.
这幕戏的开场描绘了埃及法老阿肯那顿和他的家人其乐融融的情景。
We forget what real romance is. And we forget that sending kisses by email cant replace actual intimacy.
我们忘记了真正的浪漫，我们也忘记了用邮件发送个吻并不能代替真正的亲密行为。
We have tenderness, we have intimacy, we connect.
我们有温柔，我们有亲密我们灵犀相通。
Food replaced intimacy, and this helped her to mitigate feelings of loneliness.
食物取代了亲密，这帮助她缓解了孤独感。