| 单词 | lovers' lane |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslovers' lane lovers' lane n. a lane or any other secluded place popular with courting couples (sometimes as a nickname) (cf. lovers' walk n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > love affair > [noun] > secluded place for lovers lovers' lane1853 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > lane > [noun] > frequented by lovers lovers' lane1853 1853 F. Coghlan Miniature Guide Rhine 255 At the further extremity..is a retired shady avenue, which might be justly named lovers' lane. 1881 Golden Gate Gaz. (San Francisco) 26 Oct. 2/2 Sunday afternoon as a young lady and gentleman were promenading through ‘Lovers' Lane’ they were attacked by a ferocious dog. 1918 J. M. Barrie What Every Woman Knows iv. 134 There is a romantically damp little arbour at the end of what the villagers call the Lovers' Lane. 1947 News of World 26 Jan. 3/6 Her..body..was found in a ‘lovers' lane’ on an empty building site. 1966 J. Pearl Crucifixion of Pete McCabe (1967) ix. 136 How would I know that I'd find Donna Lord parked in a lovers' lane at Briarwood Lake? 2007 Daily Mail (Irish ed.) (Nexis) 15 Feb. 29 The city is not short of a wide range of potential lovers' lanes. < as lemmas |
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