friend
中文n. 朋友，支持者，赞助者来自 ECDICT
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English freend, frend, frende, freynde, friend, frind, frond, frund, vrend, vryend, from Old English frēond, frīond (“friend”, literally “loving [one], lover”), from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“friend, loved one”), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to please; to love”), roughly equivalent to free + -nd. See also Friday.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
- An associate who provides assistance; patron, mentor.
- A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
- A person who backs or supports something.
- (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
- (colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
- (object-oriented programming) A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
- (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device.
动词 Verb