| 单词 | shipboard romance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshipboard romance 3. attributive. Esp. in phrases shipboard acquaintance, shipboard romance, etc., to denote casual or ephemeral relationships. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [adjective] > occurring on board board-ship1852 shipboard acquaintance1857 1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 147 The innocuous cates which generally compose ship-board rations. 1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 123 To make mops for shipboard cleaning. 1890 W. C. Russell Marriage at Sea x What will she have to say to a shipboard wedding? 1916 G. B. Shaw Overruled 78 Was it the usual aimless man's lark: a mere shipboard flirtation? 1933 F. Baldwin Innocent Bystander vi. 107 A shipboard romance will do a lot for his ego. 1963 ‘W. Haggard’ High Wire iv. 37 I'm a casual pick-up in the snow, a sort of shipboard acquaintance. 1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions ix. 148 It had been possible for Mrs Harlowe to introduce both young men as shipboard acquaintances. 1980 J. Gardner Garden of Weapons ii. viii. 194 He should be able to treat the business with Miriam like some shipboard romance. But his growing bewitchment would not allow that. < as lemmas |
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