| 释义 |
‖ prétendu ? Obs.|pretɑ̃dy|
Also fem. prétendue.
[Fr.]
An intended husband or wife; a fiancé(e).
1847Thackeray Van. Fair (1848) xxxiii. 295 In reply to the exhortation of her daughter's prétendu, Mr. Pitt Crawley. 1850― Pendennis II. i. 9 Lady Ann Milton, Mr. Foker's cousin and prétendue. Ibid. xx. 201 She has her mamma on one side, her prétendu on the other. |