term of endearment
基本解释
- 爱称
- 昵称
英汉例句
- Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.
爱称一种昵爱的称呼；
chinafanyi.com - A term of affection and endearment describing a man whose personality traits reflect the opposite of his overall broad physique.
是一种表示主观情感的爱称，形容一个人的个性特点与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.
英语语言者借用了这一思想，于是从中世纪开始，sweet + heart就成为了一个表达爱意的词，尤其是浪漫的爱情。 - 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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