alimony

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈæl.ɪ.mə.ni/    美 /ˈæl.ə.moʊ.ni/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person. countable,derogatory,sometimes,uncountable
    — In that case he has to pay her alimony even if there are no children, and if she is one of those smart ones, interested in nothing but a good living and independence, she is set for life.
  2. Nourishment, sustenance, especially for one's spirit. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — […]while we eate the bread of sorrow, drinking the wine of compunction, wee hunger and thirst after heauenly things, and shall be comforted. This is the constant alimonie of the righteous, at dinner and supper, in life and death[…]

词形变化

alimonies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
alimonious alimony drone manimony nonalimony palimony vaginamony
相关词
aliment alimentary child support

词源

Known since the 17th century, from Latin alimōnia (“food, support, nourishment, sustenance”) (English aliment, as in alimentary), itself from alō (“to nourish”) + -mōnia (“action, state, condition”).
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