| 释义 |
lovelock|ˈlʌvlɒk|
[f. love n.1 + lock n.1]
A curl of a particular form worn by courtiers in the time of Elizabeth and James I; later, any curl or tress of hair of a peculiar or striking character.
1592Lyly Midas iii. ii. 43 Wil you haue..your loue-locke wreathed with a silken twist, or shaggie to fal on your shoulders? 1628Prynne (title) The Vnlovelinesse of Love⁓lockes. 1840Marryat Poor Jack i, Lovelocks, as the sailors term the curls which they wear on their temples. 1894A. Griffiths Secrets Prison Ho. II. iv. ii. 63 Bandoline, which she used in making love-locks to adorn her fore⁓head and her temples.
transf.1886Maxwell Gray Silence Dean Maitland I. i. 12 Each [cart-] horse wore his mane in love-locks. |