| 单词 | hearts and flowers |
| 释义 | > as lemmashearts and flowers hearts and flowers n. and adj. originally U.S. (a) adj.(esp. overly or cloyingly) sentimental or romantic; (b) n. sentimental endearments; romantically pleasing circumstances, etc.; esp. (undue or excessive) sentimentality.Originally esp. with allusion to the piece of music by Moses-Tobani (see quot. 1893), which became popularly associated with romantic situations, e.g. through its use at weddings and as a stock accompaniment to theatrical and cinematic love scenes. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] sentiment1747 sentimentality1770 mawkishness1796 sensiblerie1815 sentimentalism1818 sloppiness1828 morbidezza1833 milk-and-wateriness1834 maudlin1838 soothing syrup1839 emotionalism1846 stickiness1864 slop1866 mushiness1868 saccharinity1868 sympatheticism1884 hearts and flowers1911 lovey-doveyness1923 schmaltz1934 goop1950 goo1951 schmaltziness1953 gloop1957 cheesiness1963 soupiness1963 soft-centredness1967 soppiness1974 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective] sugary1591 maudlina1631 mawkish1702 sickly1766 emetic1770 mawky1773 pamby1820 sentimental1823 saccharine1841 sticky1841 mushy1848 sentimentalizing1856 Christmas card1860 maumish1866 slobbery1875 namby-pamby1883 sloppy1883 slushy1889 sentimentalistic1904 marshmallowy1907 hearts and flowers1911 slobby1913 soppy1918 meltyc1921 lavender1928 saccharescent1930 schmaltzya1934 sloshy1933 gooey1935 icky1938 cheesy1943 drippy1952 soupy1953 squishy1953 saccharined1962 gloopy1965 yechy1969 yucky1970 sucky1971 yuck1971 schmoozy1976 1893 T. Moses-Tobani (title of piece of music) Hearts and flowers (Coeurs et fleurs) a new flower song.] 1911 N.Y. Times 15 Oct. vi. 5/6 The setting was just right for some soft pedal, ‘Hearts and Flowers’ conversation. 1915 Munsey's Mag. Sept. 716/2 Now, I'll go talk hearts and flowers to her, and when she snores I'll give you the tip. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §265.1 Sentimentality, hearts and flowers. 1964 Times 16 Apr. 6/7 We are nearly betrayed into a hearts-and-flowers ending in domestic compromise. 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 11 Dec. 14 The frills and furbelows..are as hearts-and-flowers, in their elegant way, as a sugary Harlequin novel. 2006 Yours 16 Sept. 39/2 It's not all hearts and flowers, but on the whole our relationship is strengthening. < as lemmas |
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