| 单词 | the tender trap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe tender trap [ < the title of the play The Tender Trap by Max Shulman and Robert Paul Smith (compare quot. 1954), made into a film in 1955.] the tender trap: (a) sexual or romantic involvement; spec. marriage; cf. the tender passion at sense A. 8a; (b) figurative a seemingly attractive situation which has hidden dangers. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual relationship > [noun] ménagea1393 sex relation1871 sex relationship1873 the tender trap1954 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun] bridelockOE yokeOE spousehooda1200 spousea1225 wedlock?c1225 wedlockhoodc1230 marriagec1300 spousal1340 matrimonya1382 espousala1393 muliera1400 spousagea1400 spouseheadc1400 weddedhooda1450 wedhooda1450 wedding1489 espousage1549 the bond(s of wedlock or matrimony1552 nuptial1566 bed-match1582 bob-tail1585 Hymen's banda1593 Hymen1608 married life1609 conjugality1645 marriage state1652 conjugacy1659 marriage life1662 establishment1684 shackledom1771 connubiality1836 connubialism1848 weddedness1891 bedlock1922 the tender trap1954 1954 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 12 Aug. 40/8 Opening night tickets for ‘The Tender Trap’, Max Shulman's new play. 1956 T. Gunn in R. Conquest New Lines 38 Hesitates in the tender trap of doubt. 1984 Defense Electronics 144/2 Mankind's natural psychological need to identify stable relationships, good friends, and symbiotic partnerships is the tender trap of international relations. 2002 K. Bontempo Love Songs of Henry Canary vii. 37 I fell into the tender trap again. I couldn't resist her. Within minutes we were in bed making love. < as lemmas |
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