hobnob
/ˈhɒbnɒb/verb
(hobnobbed, hobnobbing)no obj.
- informal mix socially, especially with those of perceived higher social status〈非正式〉（尤指与社会地位高者的）社交, 交往：
he was hobnobbing with the great and good.
他与要人与好人交往。
词源
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'.