dalliance

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdalɪəns/    美 /ˈdæli.əns/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Playful flirtation; amorous play. countable,uncountable
    — As in the season of rutting (an uncouth phrase, by which the vulgar denote that gentle dalliance, which in the well-wooded forest of Hampshire, passes between lovers of the ferine kind),
  2. An episode of dabbling. countable,uncountable
  3. A wasting of time in idleness or trifles. countable,uncountable
    — He had passed the officer now. There was no necessity for dalliance. He pressed the accelerator down a trifle.
  4. A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit. countable,uncountable

词形变化

dalliances plural

词汇关系

相关词
dallier dally dallying

词源

From Middle English daliaunce et al., from dalien (“to exchange pleasantries, to chat; to flirt”), from Old French dalier, dailer. By surface analysis, dally + -ance.
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