词组 | greeting |
释义 | greeting /ˈɡriːtɪŋ/ noun 1. something you say or do when you meet someoneadjectivesa friendly/warm greeting He didn’t respond to my friendly greeting.a polite greeting We exchanged the usual polite greetings.a formal greeting After formal greetings, they were invited to sit down and watch the ceremony.a traditional greeting A bow is the traditional Japanese greeting.verbsexchange greetings (=greet each other) We exchanged greetings if we met in the street.shout/call out a greeting One of the boys shouted a greeting.give/offer sb a greeting He always gave her a friendly greeting.nod/wave a greeting The man nodded a greeting to us.acknowledge/return sb’s greeting (=greet someone who has greeted you) She acknowledged their greetings with a wave. | She returned my greeting politely.ignore sb’s greeting The old woman ignored his greeting and continued talking to her friend.prepositionsin greeting Jack raised a hand in greeting as they drove past.phraseswords/a word of greeting Words of greeting were exchanged.a gesture/smile of greeting She came to the door with a smile of greeting.THESAURUS: greeting welcome friendly behaviour towards someone when they arrive somewhere: If you visit Australia you will receive a warm welcome. | When the team returned home, they were given a big welcome. reception a particular type of behaviour towards someone when they arrive somewhere: He warned them to expect a hostile reception. | Rocky came on stage and got a great reception from the crowd.2. a friendly message that you send someone, for example on their birthday or at Christmas nouns + greetingbirthday/Christmas etc greetings He sent her some flowers with birthday greetings.holiday greetings AmE The president sent holiday greetings to Muslims in the United States and across the world.season’s greetings The Christmas card said “Season’s Greetings” inside.verbssend greetings At Christmas some people just send greetings by email.bring (sb) greetings old-fashioned I bring greetings from my master.greeting + nounsa greetings card BrE a greeting card AmE The shop sells a range of greetings cards for all occasions.prepositionsgreetings from sb Greetings from the whole family. greetings from somewhere Greetings from sunny Cornwall.greetings to sb Greetings to all the family. |
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