| 单词 | love at first sight |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslove at first sight P8. love at first sight: the action or state of falling instantly in love with someone whom (or, by extension, something which) one has never previously seen. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > love at first sight love at first sight1664 a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 668 How myght it be That she so lyghtly louede Troylus Right for þe firste syght. a1593 C. Marlowe Hero & Leander (1598) i. 175 Where both deliberat, the loue is slight, Who euer lov'd, that lov'd not at first sight?] 1664 T. Killigrew Comedies & Trag. (title) The princesse: or, Love at first sight. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xviii. 144 Love at first sight, answered Sir Charles, must indicate a mind prepared for impression, and a sudden gust of passion. 1797 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor V. vi. 70 Why this seems like love at first sight! 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. xvi. 354 I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great an absurdity as it is sometimes imagined to be. 1839 C. Brontë Let. 4 Aug. in E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë (1857) I. viii. 199 Well! thought I, I have heard of love at first sight, but this beats all! 1868 W. Collins Moonstone I. i. vii. 91 You have heard of beautiful young ladies falling in love at first sight, and have thought it natural enough. 1952 Scrutiny 18 273 We know that what we have here is no drama of romantic love-at-first-sight. 1961 C. McCullers Clock without Hands iv. 89 In early youth, love at first sight, that epitome of passion, turns you into a zombie. 1975 D. Bagley Snow Tiger xvi. 138 Don't you believe in love at first sight? 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 Feb. (Life section) 4/4 Phenylethylamine (PEA): A neurotransmitter which often causes the lover's ‘high’ many interpret as love at first sight. < as lemmas |
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