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chummy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++chum·my /ˈtʃʌmi/ adjective  FRIENDLY informal friendly 友好的 You and Eric have become quite chummy, haven’t you? 你和埃里克已经很要好了,是不是?
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chummyI'd forgotten that Ellen and Gary had become chummy.We shook hands, and she was about as chummy as a boxer before a fight.Frost, though chummy enough, is like a prisoner in solitary confinement.His tone toward Wyatt could be chummy one moment, businesslike the next, and sometimes, disconcertingly, both at once.Diana was so chummy with him she even used to iron his shirts.Sometimes the head man gets too chummy with the new boy and the old boys get jealous.
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chummy
chummy /ˈtʃʌmi/ adjective
informal friendly:
    You and Eric have become quite chummy, haven’t you?


chummyBrE /ˈtʃʌmi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃʌmi/ 🔊 adjective (old-fashioned, informal) very friendly 非常友好的;亲切的 chum·mi·ness BrE /ˈtʃʌminəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃʌminəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]