| 单词 | on the rebound |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the rebound b. spec. In the context of a romantic relationship (cf. sense 2b), as to catch (a person or heart) on (also †in) the rebound: to become romantically involved with someone who has been rejected by another (and who is therefore regarded as susceptible to a new attachment). Hence on the rebound: in response to or after rejection by a lover. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [adverb] > on the rebound on the rebound1830 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > proposal of marriage > [adverb] > period of reaction following refusal on the rebound1830 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 8 Nothing so easy as catching a heart on the rebound; especially such a heart as Master Stephen's. 1859 Harper's Mag. Aug. 341/1 Ellen Bond caught his heart ‘in the rebound’, as somebody says. a1899 V. S. Lean Collectanea (1904) IV. 41 Many a heart is caught in the rebound, i.e. after a repulse by another. 1921 J. Galsworthy To Let iii. x. 290 The young man, Mont, had caught her on the rebound, of course, in the reckless mood of one whose ship has just gone down. 1931 H. Walpole Judith Paris iii. i. 428 She has but accepted him on the rebound from her trouble with Beaminster. 1938 Myst. Tales June 17 I married him on the rebound. 1969 ‘A. Glyn’ Dragon Variation ix. 283 Maybe the girl had had a fight with Carl, and had turned to Jeff on the rebound. 1986 K. Moore Moving House vi. 72 I had caught you on the rebound,..I would always be a second best and your heart would always be with Rollo. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 12/4 He..suddenly made up his mind to marry George Hyde-Lees on the rebound. < as lemmas |
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