| 释义 |
lovering, vbl. n.|ˈlʌvərɪŋ|
[f. lover1 + -ing1.]
Courting, fondling. Also attrib.
1884in R. Lawson Upton-on-Severn Words 22. 1907 Daily Chron. 27 Nov. 3/3 Where the schoolboy demands gore in his books, she asks for ‘lovering’, as she calls it. Ibid., Let him only think of the possibilities of that new ‘mixed’ school, where the headmaster kept a ‘lovering table’, at which dined the spoony couples. 1919Galsworthy Saint's Progress i. ii. 20 Between these two young people no actual word of love had yet been spoken. Their lovering had advanced by glance and touch alone. 1922C. Orr Kate Curlew xi. 178 She's nae objections to a bit of lovering behind her sister's coats. 1926R. Macaulay Crewe Train ii. ix. 169 People like the lovering couple usually stayed out..for long hours on end. |