hobnob

• vi. 交談；共飲；過從甚密；親切交談
• n. 交談；共飲

縮寫自短語hob and nob,敬酒，你一杯我一杯，來自古英語habban,nabban,對應have,not have.引申詞義親近，巴結。比較willy-nilly.

hobnob

hobnob: [18] In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Sir Toby Belch says ‘Hob, nob, is his word: give’t or take’t’; from which it has been deduced that the hob of hobnob represents have and that the nob represents the now obsolete nave ‘not have’ (formed in the Old English period by adding the negative particle ne to have). In Middle English these would have been habbe and nabbe.

When hobnob first appears as a verb, in the mid 18th century, it means ‘drink together’ – perhaps from the notion of buying alternate rounds of drinks, or drinking toasts to each other in turn. The modern sense ‘associate familiarly, socialize’ is not recorded before the early 19th century.
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hobnob (v.)

1763, "to drink to each other," from hob and nob (1756) "to toast each other by turns, to buy alternate rounds of drinks," from c. 1550 hab nab "to have or have not, hit or miss," probably ultimately from Old English habban, nabban "have, not have," with the negative particle ne- attached, as was customary. Modern sense of "socialize" is 1866. Related: Hobnobbed; hobnobbing.

1. This gave Bill an opportunity to hobnob with the company'spresident, board chairman, and leading executives.

這使得比爾有機會和公司的總裁、董事長以及那些主要行政主管們廝混在一起。

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2. He used to hobnob with the rich and famous.

他過去常與富有而著名的人交往.

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3. In this period, also let many countries hobnob with others.

期間也使不少的國家走的更親更近.

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4. I used to hobnob with the rich and famous.

我過去常與富有而又著名的人交往.

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5. Do you hobnob with me?

你願意和我一起喝兩杯 嗎 ?

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