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- 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。
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- often as modifier figurative an initial period of enthusiasm or goodwill, typically at the start of a new job〈喻〉(多指新工作开始时)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。
派生词
honeymooner
noun词源
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'.