hobnob

hobnob
(hobnobbed, hobnobbing)
  1. [no obj.](informal)mix socially, especially with those of perceived higher social status
    (非正式)(尤指与较高社会地位的人)社交,交往
    he was hobnobbing with the great and good.
    他与要人与好人交往。
语源
  1. early 19th cent. (in the sense drink together): from archaic hob or nob, hob and nob, probably meaning 'give and take', used by two people drinking to each other's health, from dialect hab nab 'have or not have'
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