| 词汇 | puppy love |
| 释义 | puppy love Theme: ROMANCE n. mild infatuation; infatuation as in a crush.Is it really love or just puppy love?Look at them together. It may be puppy love, but it looks wonderful. Idiom puppy love romantic love which a young person feels for someone and which usually disappears as they become older.At the time I was sure I would marry him when I grew up but of course it was just puppy love. puppy love noun a youthful infatuation US, 1834puppy loveA state of short-lived infatuation or romantic attraction among children or adolescents. Puppy love is starting to bloom among many of my fifth-graders. puppy loveFig. mild infatuation; infatuation as in a crush. (Used especially of adolescent relationships.) Is it really love or just puppy love? Look at them together. It may be puppy love, but it looks wonderful. puppy loveAlso, calf love. Adolescent love or infatuation, especially one that is not expected to last, as in Beth is besotted with him, but we think it's just puppy love, or He's got a bad case of calf love. [First half of 1800s] puppy lovePuppy love is love between children or young people that is not considered to be very serious. They wanted to prove that theirs was more than puppy love. puppy love n. mild infatuation; infatuation as in a crush. Look at them together. It may be puppy love, but it looks wonderful. puppy loveA youthful infatuation, with the implication that it will not last. It is nearly always spoken of disparagingly, as by W. A. Carruthers (A Kentuckian in New York, 1834): “Oh! it is nothing more than puppy love!” puppy loveA juvenile crush, an infatuation. The phrase refers to an adolescent male's total devotion to the object of his affection by displaying the uncritical ardor of a young dog to its owner. “Mooning over” and “calf eyes” are apt phrases for such an affliction. The 1960s teen singing idol Neil Sedaka had a hit record of a song by that name. |
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