| 单词 | love pat |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslove pat love pat n. a tap or gentle blow to indicate love or affection (cf. love tap n. and love-tick n.); also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [noun] > light touch as token of endearment tickc1440 love-tick1493 pat1765 love tap1829 love pat1846 1846 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Mar. 211/1 Many of his subjects had a feeling sense of his royal grace and condescension, in the love-pats with which he honored them. 1876 C. D. Warner Winter on Nile i. 24 Garibaldi received one of his wounds, a sort of love-pat of fame. 1931 E. A. Wetherald Lyrics & Sonnets 244 A little love-pat. 1999 in A. Garrod et al. Souls looking Back xvi. 273 I couldn't bring myself to return her touch. We never talked about what her ‘love pats’ were about. < as lemmas |
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