hail-fellow [
'heil,feləʊ]
- Have you noticed that Jones is always hail-fellow-well-met when he wants something, but offhand when he doesn't?
你是否注意到琼斯有事相求时总是十分亲昵,可是没事求人时便简慢无礼? - She is not hail fellow well met with everybody.
他并非对每个人都十分友好。 - Associates describe me a good companion without being a hail fellow wee met.
同事们称我是一位好伙伴,却又不失之于过分亲昵。
hail-fellow[ adj ]
heartily friendly and congenial
<adj.all>
Hail-fellow \Hail"-fel`low\ (-f[e^]l`l[-o]), n.
An intimate companion.
Hail-fellow well met. --Lyly.
- What he is really writing about is the ingratiating, hail-fellow quality that some people cultivate to impress others.