Endearment
[ɪn'dɪəm(ə)nt;en-] or [ɪn'dɪrmənt]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection.
校對:佩德罗
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Caressing, caress, blandishment, fondling.
校對:洛丽
同義詞及反義詞：
[See BLANDISHMENT]
整理:洛厄尔
例句/造句/用法:
- The offspring nestled to the parent; that parent, feeling the endearment and hearing the appeal, gathered her closer still. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Her lips murmured the words close on the grave-stone, murmured them in tones of passionate endearment, to the dead remains beneath. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Old Figs grew to be a name of kindness and endearment; and the sneak of an usher jeered at him no longer. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Can I bear the consciousness that every endearment he bestows is a sacrifice made on principle? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Such is the sole conjugal embrace I am ever to know--such are the endearments which are to solace my leisure hours! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Helena made a pretty grimace, and ordered Maurice back to his chair, which was at a safe distance, and did not admit of any embarrassing endearments. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- The former feeling gradually gave way before the endearments of his ward, and the pride which he could not help nourishing in the fame of his son. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Paul petted and patted her; the endearments she received were not to be wondered at; she invited affection by her beauty and her vivacious life. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
整理:莱缪尔