| 释义 |
ˈspooning, vbl. n.
[f. spoon v.2 6.]
Courting or love-making of a sentimental kind.
1872Lever Ld. Kilgobbin lxx, That coquetry of admiration and flattery which, in the language of slang, is called spooning. 1891Baring-Gould In Troubadour Land ix, Raymond,..not seeing the fun of this romantic spooning of his wife, waylaid and slew him.
attrib.1880M. E. Braddon Just as I am vii, Did the spooning process seem a little flat this evening? |