honeymoon
honeymoon
noun
honeymooner
noun
语源
noun
- a holiday spent together by a newly married couple
蜜月
they flew to the West Indies on honeymoon.
他们飞往西印度群岛度蜜月。
■[often as modifier](figurative)an initial period of enthusiasm or goodwill, typically at the start of a new job
(喻)（多指一份新工作开始时）起初的一段热情（或和谐）时期
the new President's honeymoon period.
新总统的刚上任时期。
- [no obj., with adverbial of place]spend a honeymoon
度蜜月
they are honeymooning in the south of France.
他们在法国南部度蜜月。
honeymooner
noun
语源
- mid 16th cent. (originally denoting the period of time following a wedding): from honey + moon. The original reference was to affection waning like the moon, but later the sense became 'the first month after marriage'
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