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honeymoon

noun
🔊/ˈhʌnimuːn/
🔊/ˈhʌnimuːn/
 [usually singular]
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  1. a holiday taken by a couple who have just got married蜜月
    • We went to Venice for our honeymoon.我们去威尼斯度的蜜月。🔊🔊
    • on (your) honeymoon They're on their honeymoon.他们正在度蜜月。🔊🔊
    • They go on honeymoon the day after the wedding.婚礼后的第二天他们去度蜜月。
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    • They can't decide where to go for their honeymoon.他们无法决定去哪儿度蜜月。
    • We had a brief honeymoon in Paris.我们在巴黎度过了短暂的蜜月。
    • While on honeymoon in Bali, she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了戴水肺潜水。
    Topics Holidaysb2, Life stagesb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • brief
    • short
    • long
    • …
    verb + honeymoon
    • go on
    • have
    • leave for
    • …
    honeymoon + verb
    • be over
    honeymoon + noun
    • couple
    • suite
    • cruise
    • …
    preposition
    • for a honeymoon
    • on honeymoon
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  2. the period of time at the start of a new activity when nobody is criticized and people feel enthusiastic（新活动之初的）和谐时期
    • The honeymoon period for the government is now over.这届政府的蜜月期现在已经过去了。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • There was always a honeymoon period when Mum started a new job.妈妈每开始一份新工作总会有一阵儿新鲜劲。
    • The honeymoon was over and the reality of what she had taken on began to dawn.“蜜月期”结束了，她揽的事情的真实情况开始明朗起来。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • brief
    • short
    • long
    • …
    verb + honeymoon
    • go on
    • have
    • leave for
    • …
    honeymoon + verb
    • be over
    honeymoon + noun
    • couple
    • suite
    • cruise
    • …
    preposition
    • for a honeymoon
    • on honeymoon
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    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting the period of time following a wedding): from honey + moon. The original reference was to affection waning like the moon, but later the sense became ‘the first month after marriage’.

honeymoon

verb
🔊/ˈhʌnimuːn/
🔊/ˈhʌnimuːn/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they honeymoon
🔊/ˈhʌnimuːn/
🔊/ˈhʌnimuːn/
he / she / it honeymoons
🔊/ˈhʌnimuːnz/
🔊/ˈhʌnimuːnz/
past simple honeymooned
🔊/ˈhʌnimuːnd/
🔊/ˈhʌnimuːnd/
past participle honeymooned
🔊/ˈhʌnimuːnd/
🔊/ˈhʌnimuːnd/
-ing form honeymooning
🔊/ˈhʌnimuːnɪŋ/
🔊/ˈhʌnimuːnɪŋ/
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  1. + adv./prep. to spend your honeymoon somewhere（去某处）度蜜月
    • They are honeymooning in Paris.他们正在巴黎度蜜月。
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting the period of time following a wedding): from honey + moon. The original reference was to affection waning like the moon, but later the sense became ‘the first month after marriage’.