根据牛津高阶英汉双解词典网上版,“intimate”是形容词,解作“having, or being likely to cause, a very close friendship or personal or sexual relationship”,可解作拥有或有可能发生、产生非常亲密的友谊、非常私人或性关系,“intimate”亦可是名词,解作“close friend”亲密朋友。
“love”是动词,解作“to have strong feelings of affection for another adult and be romantically and sexually attracted to them”,解作对某人有强烈情感,对某人性吸引;“love”也是名词,“love life”更可解作“romantic and/or sexual relationship”,有恋爱、性关系意思。
“close”可以是形容词,解作直接、亲密连系;亦可形容人们之间有很深了解和认识。(文汇)