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单词 honeymoon
释义 hon·ey·moon
I. \ˈhənēˌmün, -niˌ-\ noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: honey (I) + moon (month); from the idea that the first month of marriage is the sweetest
1.
 a. : a trip or vacation taken by a newly married couple
  < has planned honeymoons for more than 60,000 newlyweds — Walter Winchell >
  < a popular honeymoon resort >
  < obviously a honeymoon couple >
 b. : a period usually of exceptional compatibility immediately following marriage
  < made their honeymoon last a lifetime >
2. : a period of unusual harmony following the establishment of a new relationship
 < today … congress thwarts the president, after a brief honeymoon in each administration — Irving Brant >
 < the honeymoon period of war alliance — Merle Fainsod >
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to spend a honeymoon
 < had a fashionable wedding and honeymooned in Bermuda >
hon·ey·moon·er \-ünə(r)\ noun -s
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