| 释义 |
loveling rare.|ˈlʌvlɪŋ|
[f. love n.1 or v.1 + -ling.]
? A lovely creature; ? an object of love, a ‘darling’.
1606Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. ii. Magnif. 692 These frolick lovelings fraighted Nests do make The balmy Trees o'r-laden Boughs to crack. 1853E. S. Sheppard Ch. Auchester II. 111 ‘And Herr Hummel’, my loveling went on, pursing his lips, ‘said’ [etc.]. 1882J. Payne 1001 Nts. I. 155 Upon the imperial necks she walks, a loveling bright. |