单词 | sweetheart |
释义 | sweetheartn. 1. a. (See heart n. 21.) A term of endearment = darling: used chiefly in the vocative. Also used ironically or contemptuously. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] darlingc888 belamy?c1225 culver?c1225 dearc1230 sweetheartc1290 heartc1300 sweetc1330 honeya1375 dovec1386 jewelc1400 birdc1405 cinnamonc1405 honeycombc1405 lovec1405 wantonc1450 mulling?a1475 daisyc1485 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 honeysop?a1513 powsowdie?a1513 suckler?a1513 foolc1525 buttinga1529 whitinga1529 beautiful1534 turtle-dove1535 soula1538 heartikin1540 bully?1548 turtle1548 lamba1556 nyletc1557 sweet-lovea1560 coz1563 ding-ding1564 pugs1566 golpol1568 sparling1570 lover1573 pug1580 bulkin1582 mopsy1582 chuck1589 bonny1594 chick1594 sweetikin1596 ladybird1597 angel1598 muss1598 pinkany1599 sweetkin1599 duck1600 joy1600 sparrowc1600 sucket1605 nutting1606 chuckaby1607 tickling1607 bagpudding1608 heartling1608 chucking1609 dainty1611 flittermouse1612 honeysuckle1613 fubs1614 bawcocka1616 pretty1616 old thinga1625 bun1627 duckling1630 bulchin1633 bulch?c1640 sweetling1648 friscoa1652 ding-dongs1662 buntinga1668 cocky1680 dearie1681 chucky1683 lovey1684 machree1689 nykin1693 pinkaninny1696 nug1699 hinny1724 puss1753 pet1767 dovey1769 sweetie1778 lovey-dovey1781 lovely1791 ducky1819 toy1822 acushla1825 alanna1825 treat1825 amigo1830 honey child1832 macushla1834 cabbage1840 honey-bunch1874 angel pie1878 m'dear1887 bach1889 honey baby1895 prawn1895 hon1896 so-and-so1897 cariad1899 pumpkin1900 honey-bun1902 pussums1912 snookums1919 treasure1920 wogger1922 amico1929 sugar1930 baby cake1949 angel cake1951 lamb-chop1962 petal1974 bae2006 c1290 St. Kenelm 140 in S. Eng. Leg. 349 Alas..þat ich scholde.. a-bide Þat mi child, mi swete heorte, swych cas schal bi-tide. c1325 Orfeo 100 Swete hert, he sayde, how may this be? c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1183 For-yeue it me myn owene swete herte. [Cf. 1820 Troylus..Is with Criseyde his owne herte swete.] 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xvi. 65 Alas! fayre lady, and myne owne swete herte. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. R v So hath hee his Barnabe and Anthony for his minions and sweet-harts. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 221 Curtsie sweete hartes, and so the Measure endes. View more context for this quotation 1613 T. Middleton Triumphs of Truth sig. B2 O Welcome my triumphant Lord, My Glories Sweet-heart! a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 265 Ros. Vndone, and forfeited to cares for euer. Par. What's the matter sweet-heart ? View more context for this quotation 1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη App. 274 The King taking the Duke of Glocester upon His Knee, said, Sweet-heart now they will cut off thy Fathers Head. 1679 Tryals Robt. Green, etc. 65 My Husband..called to me, prithee, sweetheart, what hast thou got for my Supper? 1727 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 136 What interest I have, I shall be very willing to make use of for my sweetheart's service, but nothing can be done till he is sent to school to Westminster. 1845 G. P. R. James Arrah Neil I. i. 9 A gay cavalier..pulled up..and seeing the girl he exclaimed..‘Which is the way to Bishop's Merton, sweetheart?’ 1864 Ld. Tennyson Grandmother xiii, in Enoch Arden, etc. 120 Sweetheart, I love you so well that your good name is mine. 1890 H. Caine Bondman iii. vi ‘Ot's the name of your 'ickle boy?’ ‘Ah, I've got none, sweetheart.’ 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? iv. 51 (addressing a man) ‘Hiya, sweetheart,’ he said. 1977 F. Parrish Fire in Barley viii. 82 Try harder, sweetheart, or I'll plug you in the guts. b. North American. Anything especially good of its kind. Cf. honey n. 6a. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing starOE dainty1340 daisyc1485 say-piece1535 bravery1583 paragon1585 daint1633 rapper1653 supernaculum1704 dandy1785 roarer1813 sneezer1823 plum1825 trimmer1827 sockdolager1838 rasper1844 dinger1861 job1863 fizzer1866 champagne1880 beauty1882 pie1884 twanger1889 smasher1894 crackerjack1895 Taj Mahal1895 beaut1896 pearler1901 lollapalooza1904 bearcat1909 beaner1911 grande dame1915 Rolls-Royce1916 the nuts1917 pipperoo1939 rubydazzler1941 rumpty1941 rumptydooler1941 snodger1941 sockeroo1942 sweetheart1942 zinger1955 blue-chipper1957 ring-a-ding1959 premier cru1965 sharpie1970 stormer1978 1942 Amer. Speech 17 105/1 Sweetheart, piece of equipment which performs well. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Sept. 27/7 (advt.) 68 Renault R10, deluxe, radio, a little sweetheart. 1978 Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. 15 f/4 (advt.) Lovely 3 bedrm brick ranch, 1½ baths, re rm, a sweetheart for $45,900. ΘΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > illicit intimacy > person > a mistress chevesea700 wifeOE bed-sister1297 concubine1297 leman1297 file1303 speciala1400 womanc1400 chamberer?a1425 mistress?a1439 cousin1470 doxy?1515 doll1560 pinnacea1568 nobsya1575 lier-by1583 sweetheart1589 she-friend1600 miss1606 underput1607 concupy1609 lig-by1610 factoress1611 leveret1617 night-piece1621 belly-piece1632 dolly1648 lie-bya1656 madamc1660 small girl1671 natural1674 convenient1676 lady of the lake1678 pure1688 tackle1688 sultana1703 kind girl1712 bosom-slave1728 pop1785 chère amie1792 fancy-woman1819 hetaera1820 fancy-piece1821 poplolly1821 secondary wife1847 other woman1855 fancy-girl1892 querida1902 wifelet1983 1589 Pappe w. Hatchet in Wks. (1902) III. 399 Ye like not a Bishops rochet, when all your fathers hankerchers were made of his sweete harts smocke. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 379 Edith his wife, who..had beene one of king Henrie the First his sweet hearts and lig-bies. 1696 J. Aubrey Misc., Appar. (1784) 107 A gentlewoman, a handsome woman, but common, who was Mr. Mohun's sweet heart. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Sweet Heart,..a girl's lover, or a man's mistress. 3. A person with whom one is in love. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart copenerc897 lovec1225 lemanc1275 sweetinga1300 druery13.. doceamurc1320 paramoura1375 honeybirdc1390 honey-sweetc1440 dowsec1450 heart-rootc1460 prim1509 joa1529 sweetheart1576 love-mate1582 belamour1590 copemate1593 frister1639 sprunny1739 Liebling1868 Liebchen1876 angel pie1878 loved one1879 cariad1899 square piece1925 sheikha1926 sweetie-pie1928 oppo1932 poopsie1937 mi'jita1970 squeeze1980 boo1988 bae2006 1576 A. Fleming tr. Seneca in Panoplie Epist. 309 One hanges himselfe under his sweetehartes windowe with a twyned haulter. c1597 N. Breton Figure of Foure ii. §89 Foure creatures goe willingly to their businesse: a Bride to Church, a boy to breckfast, an heire to his land, and a sweet-heart to his loue. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvi. 623 Your sweet-heart and best beloved [L. sponsa] I have entertained, as well,..as she should have bene with your father and mother in law. 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 161. ⁋3 Her Sweet-heart, a Person of small Stature. 1787 L. L. Orr Jrnl. Young Lady Virginia (1871) 38 Miss Nancy's sweetheart came to-day. 1802 in Further Evid. Nairne Peerage (1874) 165 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. D) XII. 199 I shall be well pleased to hear from M. Serre the sweet heart of Sussanne all that concerns them. 1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xxiii. 521 Your old sweetheart an't far off, and she's a blabber. 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash li The prejudiced statements of friends and sweethearts, who always swear from the heart rather than from the head and the conscience. 4. colloquial and dialect in various transferred senses. a. A sugar cake in the shape of a heart; a jam tart. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > heart-shaped cake sweetheart1732 queen cake1734 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > tart > [noun] > types of tart rastona1450 taffety tart1651 raspberry tart1696 feuillantine1706 mazarine1706 cowslip tart1723 Bakewell tart1876 nut tart1886 sweetheart1888 Linzertorte1906 nusstorte1911 kolach1918 quiche1925 pissaladière1931 shoo-fly pie1935 Bakewell1950 tarte Tatin1951 gypsy tart1955 1732 J. Swift Exam. Abuses Dublin 6 There is another Cry.., and it is that of Sweet-hearts [1735 : (note) A Sort of Sugar-Cakes in the Shape of Hearts]. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Sweetheart, a thin tart made by spreading a layer of jam between thin slices of paste. b. Applied to the burrs or thorny seeds or sprays which attach themselves to a person's clothes; also, a plant bearing these, as species of Desmodium. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > seed-vessel or pericarp > [noun] > bur or prickly seed vessel burc1330 buzz1612 hedgehog1712 sweetheart1750 tuzzy-muzzy1842 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > tick-trefoil sweetheart1750 tick-trefoil1853 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 213 Sweet-Heart. The pod is intirely incrusted with small setæ or hooked bristles, by which means they tenaciously stick to the cloaths of those who walk among them. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Sweetheart, a piece of thorn or briar which becomes attached to a woman's dress and drags along after her. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms Sweethearts, the hooked seeds of Bidens pilosa. c. A tame rabbit. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > tame or domestic sweetheart1840 1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §2683 Four kinds of rabbits are acknowledged among dealers and fanciers,—warreners, parkers, hedgehogs, and sweethearts... Sweethearts are the tame varieties. 5. A variety of Rosa wichuraiana developed by M. H. Walsh about 1903 which bears clusters of small pink flowers; also = sweetheart rose n. at Compounds below. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush summer rosea1456 French rose1538 damask rose?a1547 musk rose1559 province1562 winter rose1577 Austrian brier1590 rose of Provence1597 velvet rose1597 damasine-rose1607 Provence rose1614 blush-rose1629 maiden's blush1648 monthly rose tree1664 Provinsa1678 York and Lancaster rose1688 cinnamon rose1699 muscat rose1707 cabbage rose1727 China-rose1731 old-fashioned rose1773 moss rose1777 swamp rose1785 alba1797 Cherokee rose1804 Macartney rose1811 shepherd's rose1818 multiflora1820 prairie rose1822 Boursault1826 Banksian rose1827 maiden rose1827 moss1829 Noisette1829 seven sisters rose1830 Dundee rambler1834 Banksia rose1835 Chickasaw rose1835 Bourbon1836 climbing rose1836 green rose1837 hybrid China1837 Jaune Desprez1837 Lamarque1837 perpetual1837 pillar rose1837 rambler1837 wax rose1837 rugosa1840 China1844 Manetti1846 Banksian1847 remontant1847 gallica1848 hybrid perpetual1848 Persian Yellow1848 pole rose1848 monthly1849 tea rose1850 quarter sessions rose1851 Gloire de Dijon1854 Jacqueminot1857 Maréchal Niel1864 primrose1864 jack1867 La France1868 tea1869 Ramanas rose1876 Japanese rose1883 polyantha1883 old rose1885 American Beauty1887 hybrid tea1890 Japan rose1895 roselet1896 floribunda1898 Zéphirine Drouhin1901 Penzance briar1902 Dorothy Perkins1903 sweetheart1905 wichuraiana1907 mermaid1918 species rose1930 sweetheart rose1936 peace1944 shrub rose1948 1905 Country Life Amer. VII. 625 Sweetheart..delicate blush. 1920 R. Pyle How to grow Roses 106 Some roses have acquired new names... Sweetheart P. Mlle Cecile Brunner. 1955 H. van P. Wilson Climbing Roses v. 75 Sweetheart (1901)... Rose-pink buds open to very double, 2½-inch, white flowers that are richly fragrant. 6. Designating a contract, agreement, etc., arranged privately (i.e. without genuine collective bargaining) by trade unions and employers which is beneficial to themselves but prejudicial to the interests of the workers; (hence) applied to persons, etc., prone to such collaboration. Also transferred. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [adjective] > type of resolution sweetheart1959 1959 Washington Post 5 Feb. a2/2 The Administration's ban..would stop an honest union from picketing a shop that had made a substandard ‘sweetheart’ deal, recognizing a racket union. 1962 N. S. Falcone Labor Law xi. 321 Some employers engaged in collusion with unions and paid union officials to get ‘sweetheart’ contracts. 1965 Wall St. Jrnl. 23 Sept. 1/6 The mine manager is a ‘sweetheart’ operator... In the classic ‘sweetheart’ situation, corrupt union leaders accept or extort payoffs from employers in exchange for assuring labour peace or winking at contract violations. 1967 G. Tyler Labor Revol. xi. 243 The contract is a ‘sweetheart agreement’ to give the union heads an income, to give the employer relief from a real union, and to give the workers nothing. 1974 Australian 12 Nov. 3 Miss Martin said Mr Jones' description of the..award as a sweetheart agreement was farcical. The award had been decided by arbitration, not by negotiation between Qantas and the unions. 1975 Publishers Weekly 14 July 54/2 She takes us to three factors, one unorganized, a second with a sweetheart union, the third with an excellent local. 1975 Publishers Weekly 24 Nov. 53/1 Caffery, a 35-year-old hockey star... Keeping his medical problem secret Caffery negotiates a sweetheart contract to jump league to Texas. 1977 Time 1 Aug. 32/2 William Safire..raised the question of whether the $3.4 million loan that was granted on Jan. 7, after Lance had accepted the sensitive OMB job, was a ‘sweetheart loan’. 1979 Times 21 Nov. 20/3 What are known as ‘sweetheart’ transactions (when [supermarket] checkout operators reduce the bill for those they know). 1981 Times 30 Nov. 15/1 Mobil has accused US Steel of an illegal ‘sweetheart deal’ with Marathon board members at the expense of the shareholders. Compounds sweetheart neck n. (also sweetheart neckline) a heart-shaped neckline on a dress, blouse, etc. (see quot. 1968). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering or next to neck > neck-line > types of décolletage1894 décolletée1907 V-neck1910 boat neckline1921 boat neck1922 bateau line1923 halter neck(line)1935 jewel neckline1935 crew neckline1939 jewel neck1940 plunging neckline1940 plunge neckline1941 scoop neck1953 scooped neckline1956 sabrina neckline1959 sweetheart neck1965 1965 Housewife Jan. 16/1 She has a great feeling for a return to the late forties. ‘Wide shoulders, sweetheart necks.’ 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 54 Sweetheart neckline, a neckline cut in front in two almost semicircular curves, like a heart. 1974 Country Life 17 Jan. 106 Sweater with a sweetheart neckline. 1980 B. Bainbridge Winter Garden xvi. 129 Enid..sauntered through the cool reception hall in her pink summer dress with the sweet~heart neck and emerged into the evening sunshine. 1981 Daily Tel. 21 May 17/2 The bride, of course, was a stunner—all demure in white broderie anglaise with a sweetheart neckline. sweetheart plant n. either of two species of Philodendron, P. cordatum or P. scandens, epiphytic herbs of tropical America which have large heart-shaped leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > American or West Indian water withy1559 West Indian China-root1577 savannah flower1696 water withe1696 Spanish woodbine1731 potato vine1750 Indian grass1753 seven-year vine1756 tropaeolum1759 woodbine1760 water vine1774 canariensis1835 Philodendron1840 Monstera1858 twig-climber1900 money bush1924 potato creeper1925 sweetheart plant1963 1963 Reader's Digest Compl. Libr. of Garden II. 658/1 P[hilodendron] scandens (sweetheart plant) origin: Puerto Rico, Panama. A popular and attractive climbing plant. 1981 Times 28 Mar. 11/4 A 6½ ft sweetheart plant..cost £29. sweetheart rose n. U.S. one of several roses having small pink, white, or yellow flowers, particularly attractive as buds, esp. the climbing polyantha Cécile Brunner; see also sense 5 above. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush summer rosea1456 French rose1538 damask rose?a1547 musk rose1559 province1562 winter rose1577 Austrian brier1590 rose of Provence1597 velvet rose1597 damasine-rose1607 Provence rose1614 blush-rose1629 maiden's blush1648 monthly rose tree1664 Provinsa1678 York and Lancaster rose1688 cinnamon rose1699 muscat rose1707 cabbage rose1727 China-rose1731 old-fashioned rose1773 moss rose1777 swamp rose1785 alba1797 Cherokee rose1804 Macartney rose1811 shepherd's rose1818 multiflora1820 prairie rose1822 Boursault1826 Banksian rose1827 maiden rose1827 moss1829 Noisette1829 seven sisters rose1830 Dundee rambler1834 Banksia rose1835 Chickasaw rose1835 Bourbon1836 climbing rose1836 green rose1837 hybrid China1837 Jaune Desprez1837 Lamarque1837 perpetual1837 pillar rose1837 rambler1837 wax rose1837 rugosa1840 China1844 Manetti1846 Banksian1847 remontant1847 gallica1848 hybrid perpetual1848 Persian Yellow1848 pole rose1848 monthly1849 tea rose1850 quarter sessions rose1851 Gloire de Dijon1854 Jacqueminot1857 Maréchal Niel1864 primrose1864 jack1867 La France1868 tea1869 Ramanas rose1876 Japanese rose1883 polyantha1883 old rose1885 American Beauty1887 hybrid tea1890 Japan rose1895 roselet1896 floribunda1898 Zéphirine Drouhin1901 Penzance briar1902 Dorothy Perkins1903 sweetheart1905 wichuraiana1907 mermaid1918 species rose1930 sweetheart rose1936 peace1944 shrub rose1948 1936 J. H. Nicolas Year in Rose Garden xv. 72 Cécile Brunner (Sweetheart Rose): Light pink tea-like flowers. 1976 Columbus (Montana) News 27 May 6/4 She carried a bouquet of yellow sweetheart roses. Derivatives ˈsweetheartdom n. Apparently an isolated use. Π 1887 A. J. Wilson At Mercy of Tiberius xiv In the magical days of sweetheartdom, a silvery glorifying glamour wraps the world. ˈsweetheartship n. Apparently an isolated use. Π 1898 Tit-bits 30 Apr. 85/1 The premature sweetheartship that existed between them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sweetheartv. 1. transitive. To make a sweetheart of; to court, make love to. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > court or woo [verb (transitive)] > make sweetheart of sweetheart1805 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 83 I yence sweethearted Madge o' th' mill. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 390/1 One of his mates sweethearted the servant. 1893 S. Baring-Gould Cheap Jack Zita II. xviii. 87 Mark Runham running after two girls, sweethearting both. 2. intransitive. To be, or act the part of, a sweetheart; to court a sweetheart, make love. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > be someone's sweetheart [verb (intransitive)] sweetheart1798 to be someone's huckleberry1880 1798 T. Morton Speed the Plough (1800) v. i. 70 Remember how I used to let thee zit up all night a sweethearting. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 444 Teevo,..one who learns the rules of affectation, who sweethearts with warmness seemingly. 1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xvi. 135 He had gone in the country for his Sunday outing, sweethearting. 1883 Harper's Mag. July 165/1 The lanes in which he has sweethearted. 1898 R. Kearton Wild Life at Home 53 I watched a pair of red-backed shrikes or butcher-birds, sweethearting. Derivatives ˈsweethearting n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [adjective] amatorial1603 sweetheartinga1834 the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > being or acting the part of a sweetheart sweetheartinga1834 a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1839) IV. 68 Then her Spanish sweet-hearting, doubtless in the true Oroondates style. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 379/2 It's that I go for, love and sweet-hearting. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. vii. 118 There was this sweethearting after old Simon's daughter. 1866 Morning Star 18 Apr. 4/5 The sweet~hearting portion of the audience. 1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. iv. 104 She remembered..how she and William had carried on in those happy sweethearting days. ˈsweethearter n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] friendOE lovendOE lotebyc1330 lovera1382 honeyc1405 amorousa1492 belovera1492 amant1508 fantasera1547 mate1549 Romeo?1566 inamorato1592 amorite1597 amorettoc1600 inamorate1602 amorado1607 enamorate1607 amoroso1616 admirer1640 passionate1651 brother starling1675 sweethearter1854 lovebird1858 mateya1864 jelly roll1895 lovekin1896 main squeeze1896 lovekins1920 romancer1923 playmate1928 heartthrob1929 bae2006 1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross (new ed.) lxxix. 545 Venting her spleen on Doleful and all dilatory sweethearters. 1886 H. Caine Son of Hagar i. vii You Colebank chaps are famous sweethearters, I hear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < |
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