contretemps

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɒn.tɹə.tɑ̃ŋ/    美 /ˈkɑːn.tɹə.tɑ̃/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event.
    — ...and said "she had been the most efficient friend of the charity;" and whether a whisper that had gone forth respecting her contretemps with the strange man was spread, or it had fortunately been so well managed by the Count as to have escaped observation...
  2. An ill-timed pass.

词形变化

contretemps plural

词源

Etymology tree
French contretempsbor.
English contretemps
Borrowed from French contretemps.
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