term of endearment
基本解釋
- 愛(ài)稱(chēng)
- 昵稱(chēng)
英漢例句
- Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.
愛(ài)稱(chēng)一種昵愛(ài)的稱(chēng)呼；
chinafanyi.com - A term of affection and endearment describing a man whose personality traits reflect the opposite of his overall broad physique.
是一種表示主觀情感的愛(ài)稱(chēng)，形容一個(gè)人的個(gè)性特點(diǎn)與其外貌特征完全相反。 - English speakers borrowed the idea, and sweet + heart has been a term of endearment –particularly for romantic love –since the Middle Ages.
英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言者借用了這一思想，于是從中世紀(jì)開(kāi)始，sweet + heart就成為了一個(gè)表達(dá)愛(ài)意的詞，尤其是浪漫的愛(ài)情。 - To her every address she appended a term of endearment: sweetness, monkey, pie-pie.
NEWYORKER: Soldier’s Joy - They all gather around it to watch it die as it mumbles something incoherent, much in the way the prawns (another term of endearment) communicate in District 9.
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