term of endearment
基本解释
- 愛稱
- 昵稱
英汉例句
- Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.
愛稱一種昵愛的稱呼；
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稱，形容一個人的個性特點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.
英語語言者借用了這一思想，於是從中世紀開始，sweet + heart就成爲了一個表達愛意的詞，尤其是浪漫的愛情。 - 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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