meet cute
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈmiːt ˌkjuːt/
美 /ˈmit ˌkjuːt/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A situation in a film, television series, etc., in which a potential romantic couple meet for the first time in a way that is considered adorable, amusing, or cute.
— If this is a distortion of reality, it is a knowingly utopian gesture, and the wit of such conceits lies in placing in tension the ideal with the real and so being more than a series of fancy ‘meet cutes’: […]
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Any such situation occurring in real life between a pair of people who are not yet acquainted, romantically or otherwise.
— A short meet-cute dialogue ensues, detailing exactly how many hours of interviews [Steven] Levitt had agreed to (two), and exactly how much of his time [Stephen] Dubner actually ended up taking (three days).
动词 v.
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Of characters in a story or people in real life: to meet each other in an adorable, amusing, or cute way.
— "The rest of the script is fine, boys," said Mr. Trumpett. "You've got nice situations and I like the way you've handled your story line and I like your finish—we're going to have a nice little picture when we get through with it—but, frankly, I don't like your beginning. They don't meet cute."
词源
词源 1
Accidentally coined by German-American film director Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947), who had difficulty speaking English, to describe the encounter between the characters played by Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper in the 1938 film Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife.
词源 2
Accidentally coined by German-American film director Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947), who had difficulty speaking English, to describe the encounter between the characters played by Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper in the 1938 film Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife.
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