单词 | war bride |
释义 | > as lemmaswar bride war bride n. a woman who marries a man who is on active service or a man (esp. a foreigner) whom she met while he was on active service. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > bride > types of war bride1918 G.I. bride1945 1918 A. Bennett Pretty Lady xi. 61 She was becoming hysterical: the special liability of the war-bride. 1939 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 9/5 Silver tea and coffee sets are being bought..as gifts to the many war brides unable to set up homes. 1978 J. Krantz Scruples i. 10 She was as alert as a vixen, as humorous as the song by Maurice Chevalier after which her homesick war-bride mother had named her. < as lemmas |
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