时间:2019-02-03 作者:英语课 分类:英美文化


英语课

  对于“爱情坟墓说”,大家往往莫衷一是;但对于婚后最初那段时光,很少有人否认它的甜蜜。瞧!单词honeymoon 1(蜂蜜+月)就是明证,很形象地形容了新婚感觉如蜂蜜般甘甜醇美……有一种说法认为,“honeymoon”源于巴比伦的民情风俗。这个古老的国家一直保留着这样一个传统,在女儿出嫁的第一个月,女孩的父亲每天都会让女婿喝mead(蜂蜜酒),以此希望女儿的婚姻永远幸福甜蜜。
  不过,词源学家否认了这种说法。正统词源学认为,honeymoon并非指婚后一个月。虽然honey喻指新婚的甜蜜,但moon指代的是“月亮的盈亏”,这种苦涩的暗示旨在告诫人们:婚姻固然幸福甜美,但这种甜蜜就像月亮的盈亏只是暂时的,婚姻更多的意味着双方要一起肩负生活的重担,一起承受人生的酸甜苦辣,一起经历生活的风风雨雨。


n.蜜月(假期);vi.度蜜月
  • While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
  • The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。
标签: 蜜月
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abdominal heart
acetomenaphthone
acoustooptic materials/devices
afferent echo
apophysary
arlindoes
AS18908
backflap hinge
bailout loan
Baltics
boat necked
boohoo fever
branskate
cash transport van
chaindeformation
compressed air starting
crissy
dactylorhizas
daphniphyllum pentandrum hay. var. oldhami (hemsl.) hurusawa
discrepancy in the documents
early finish date
ebsco
emig
endose
final proof
full moon pass
galina
galley-nipper
genus Acrocephalus
germacranolide
groundwater
heating tower
Heritage Open Days
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indexed database
intercalated neuron
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lose the seat
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narrowcasted
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nonhemolytic
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olefeeder
Orthosiphon marmoritis
over-trim
Papaveraceae
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petalodic
philophylla connexa
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presentation of bill
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qualitative discrimination
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safe as houses
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schenkman
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stoneboats
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tarlea
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thin-film head
tongguan powder
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