英语词汇“lover's leap”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lover's leap n. (a) (the name of) a place, often a height or precipice, commemorated in local lore as a site from which lovers are said to leap despairingly to their death (see also leap n.¹ 2 and lover's loup at loup n.¹); (b) the leap made by a despairing lover; also in extended use, as of a matrimonial venture.

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the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > high place or part > high place to be leaped from

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1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 223. ¶4 This Place was therefore called the Lover's Leap.

1760 A. Murphy Way to keep Him i. 28 Before I'd lead such a Life, I'd take a Lover's Leap into Rosamond's Pond.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. xii. 208 She replied, that having a considerable fortune, it would give her pleasure to share it in her life-time with a man of honour..then, rejoined I, you have made up your mind to take a lover's leap.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. vi. 56/2 The river of his History..here dashes itself over that terrific Lover's Leap; and, as a mad-foaming cataract, flies wholly into tumultuous clouds of spray!

1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi (1923) lix. 482 There are fifty Lover's Leaps along the Mississippi from whose summit disappointed Indian girls have jumped.

1926 P. G. Wodehouse Heart of Goof v. 165 The Plus Fours..were pointed out to strangers together with the waterfall, the Lovers' Leap, and the view.

1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo ii. 23 In a world full of lovers' leaps, this must be one of the most frightening.

1986 Guardian (Nexis) 11 Oct. The lovers' leap into marriage is still as popular as ever.

1991 D. D. Hughes Human Sacrifice in Anc. Greece 160 The promontory [on the island of Leucas] was famed as a ‘lovers' leap’, from which Sappho, Cephalus, and several others were said to have jumped, some dying from the fall, but others surviving, thereby cured of their love.

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释义	> as lemmas lover's leap lover's leap n. (a) (the name of) a place, often a height or precipice, commemorated in local lore as a site from which lovers are said to leap despairingly to their death (see also leap n.¹ 2 and lover's loup at loup n.¹); (b) the leap made by a despairing lover; also in extended use, as of a matrimonial venture. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > high place or part > high place to be leaped from leapc1275 lover's leap1711 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 223. ¶4 This Place was therefore called the Lover's Leap. 1760 A. Murphy Way to keep Him i. 28 Before I'd lead such a Life, I'd take a Lover's Leap into Rosamond's Pond. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. xii. 208 She replied, that having a considerable fortune, it would give her pleasure to share it in her life-time with a man of honour..then, rejoined I, you have made up your mind to take a lover's leap. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. vi. 56/2 The river of his History..here dashes itself over that terrific Lover's Leap; and, as a mad-foaming cataract, flies wholly into tumultuous clouds of spray! 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi (1923) lix. 482 There are fifty Lover's Leaps along the Mississippi from whose summit disappointed Indian girls have jumped. 1926 P. G. Wodehouse Heart of Goof v. 165 The Plus Fours..were pointed out to strangers together with the waterfall, the Lovers' Leap, and the view. 1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo ii. 23 In a world full of lovers' leaps, this must be one of the most frightening. 1986 Guardian (Nexis) 11 Oct. The lovers' leap into marriage is still as popular as ever. 1991 D. D. Hughes Human Sacrifice in Anc. Greece 160 The promontory [on the island of Leucas] was famed as a ‘lovers' leap’, from which Sappho, Cephalus, and several others were said to have jumped, some dying from the fall, but others surviving, thereby cured of their love. extracted from lovern.² < as lemmas
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