单词 | lover |
例句 | lover noun 1.•she had a secret lover:boyfriend, girlfriend, beloved, love, darling, sweetheart, inamorata, inamorato | mistress | partner, significant other, main squeeze | informal bit on the side, toy boy, boy toy | dated ladylove, beau | archaic swain, concubine, paramour. 2.•a dog lover:devotee, admirer, fan, enthusiast, aficionado | informal buff, freak, nut, junkie.WORD LINKS forming words meaning ‘a lover of ——,’ such as bibliophile (‘a person who loves books) or Francophile (‘a person who loves France’)Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.WORD NOTE lover Despite centuries of precedent, lover does not rhyme with another. In our stupid language the only rhymable word for lover that you can really use much is beau, so let's all use it in speech every day till it sounds less dated. Remember: beau. — SMConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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