| 单词 | alimony drone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalimony drone alimony drone n. U.S. derogatory a woman who lives on alimony payments and makes no attempt to support herself. ΚΠ 1957 N.Y. Times 1 Feb. 22/2 (heading) ‘Alimony drones’ decried in court. 1972 N. Sheresky & M. Mannes in Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 29 July 34/3 There are rules, decisions, and statutes instructing the judge that wives should not be permitted to become ‘alimony drones’—self-indulgent, indolent parasites. 2007 R. Duncan Judge's Guide to Divorce vii. 141 ‘Alimony drones’ who sit and pop bonbons while watching television or playing bridge all day are pretty much a thing of the past. < as lemmas |
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