| 释义 |
elopement|ɪˈləʊpmənt|
[In AF. (14th c.) alopement: see prec. and -ment.]
The action of eloping, in various senses. See the vb.
[1338in Year-bks. 11–12 Edw. III (Horw.) 587 Lalopement fut alegge en autre counte qe le dower ne fut demande.] 1641Termes de la Ley 133 Elopement is when a married woman departeth from her husband with an adulterer. 1698Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) IV. 346 She had 3 children since her elopement. 1719De Foe Crusoe (1869) 5 Without any Purpose of making an Elopement that time. a1763Shenstone Ess. 2 The accidental elopements..of a composition. 1819Byron Juan i. cciii, Myself, and several now in Seville, Saw Juan's last elopement with the devil. 1822J. Flint Lett. Amer. 115 The indolence and disorderly conduct of slaves, together with their frequent elopements. 1853De Quincey Wks. XIV. 460 My elopement from school. |