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affectionate

adjective
🔊/əˈfekʃənət/
🔊/əˈfekʃənət/
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  1. showing caring feelings and love for somebody表示关爱的 synonym loving
    • He is very affectionate towards his children.他非常关爱他的孩子。🔊🔊
    • an affectionate kiss亲昵的一吻
    Topics Feelingsc1, Personal qualitiesc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAffectionate is used with these nouns:
    • hug
    • kiss
    • memory
    • …
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    Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘disposed, inclined towards’): from French affectionné ‘beloved’ or medieval Latin affectionatus ‘devoted’, from affectio(n-), from afficere ‘to influence’, from ad- ‘at, to’ + facere ‘do’.