单词 | abrazo |
释义 | abrazon. In Spain, Latin America, and (more recently) North America: an embrace used as a salutation on meeting or parting. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [noun] beclipping1340 complexion1493 clipa1586 brace1589 twine1602 fold1609 grasp1609 claspa1616 abrazoa1626 colla1627 cling1633 hug1659 folding1713 squeeze1790 cuddle1825 bear squeeze1845 bear hug1870 clinch1901 bosie1952 side hug1984 cwtch1992 bro hug2000 a1626 F. Bacon in Resuscitatio (1657) 155 He brought to him, from the King, besides thanks, and words of encouragement, and an Abrazo, (which is the Complement of Favour,) a very good Jewell. 1843 F. E. I. Calderón de la Barca Life in Mexico II. xlvi. 263 They would give each other as cordial an abrazo, (embrace) Mexican fashion, as if nothing had happened. 1849 Metrop. Mag. Nov. 263 The pretty Marguereta jumped up, and giving the intruder an abrazo, said, [etc.]. 1928 Spectator 7 Jan. 10/2 No match..begins without an exchange of bouquets of flowers and affectionate abrazos between the rival captains. 1962 N. Maxwell Witch-doctor's Apprentice iii. 29 Each of the women put a limp hand on my shoulder in the old-fashioned abrazo and greeted me politely with ‘Adiós, señorita, I have much pleasure.’ 1977 Time (Atlantic ed.) 19 Sept. 30/3 The abrazo, of course, does not clinch the treaty, which faces a months-long scrap in the U.S. Senate and a plebiscite in Panama as well. 1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 128 So many times he and I have parted company, sans handshake, much less abrazo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1626 |
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