| 单词 | eternal triangle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseternal triangle c. figurative. A group or set of three, a triad. Esp. a love-relationship in which one member of a married couple is involved with a third party; frequently as eternal triangle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > group of three > [noun] leashc1330 ternarya1464 trinity1542 three?1544 triad1546 trine1554 triplicity1585 ternion1587 pair royal1592 trinary1596 trias1610 gleek1615 triangle1621 triple1653 triumvirate1655 prial1776 trio1777 trefoil1826 trinomy1838 Pip, Squeak, and Wilfred1937 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > relationship where adultery exists eternal triangle1919 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard xv. 129 In this sacred triangle is included the renouncing of our selues. 1659 N. Whiting (title) Old Jacob's altar, newly repaired; or, the saints triangle of dangers, deliverances, and duties. 1907 Daily Chron. 5 Dec. 3/4 Mrs. Dudeney's novel..deals with the eternal triangle, which, in this case, consists of two men and one woman. 1917 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures 358 The couples had rearranged themselves or were re-crystallizing in fresh triangles. 1919 G. B. Shaw in F. Harris Contemp. Portraits 2nd Ser. 332 For the modern drama, with its eternal triangle and so forth, he claims nothing, but that it proves adultery to be the dullest of subjects. 1938 H. G. Wells Apropos of Dolores iv. 162 He was much more substantial than in the days of our romantic triangle. 1955 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy (1956) vi. 48 The details of the story, the way the husband and wife first met..the other woman in the triangle. 1963 A. Heron Towards Quaker View of Sex iv. 39 Most examples of the ‘eternal triangle’ are produced by boredom and primitive misconduct. 1979 J. Philips Why Murder? (1980) ii. ii. 90 A husband, a wife, a lover—the classic triangle. < as lemmas |
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