tryst
英 [traɪst]
美[trɪst]
- n. 幽会，约会
- vt. 约会，约定；与…幽会
- vi. 约会
词态变化
复数: trysts;
助记提示
1. 别轻易去约会，在大街上试一试，看合适不。
2. trust => tryst.
3. 在大街上试验一下两个人可不可以在一起。
2. trust => tryst.
3. 在大街上试验一下两个人可不可以在一起。
中文词源
tryst 约会，幽会
可能来自古诺斯语 treysta,相信，信任，词源同 trust.后用于文学语言指约会，幽会。
英英释意
- 1. a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
- 2. a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
英文词源
- tryst (n.)
- late 14c., "appointment to meet at a certain time and place," from Old French tristre "waiting place, appointed station in hunting," probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse treysta "to trust, make firm" (see trust (v.)). The notion would be "place one waits trustingly." As a verb, late 14c. Related: Trysting.
实用场景例句
- It has been said that art is a tryst , for in the joy of it maker and beholder meet.
- 有人说艺术是一种幽会, 因为艺术家和欣赏者可在幽会的乐趣中相遇在一起.
《简明英汉词典》
- Poor Mr Sanford didn't a chance of keeping his tryst secret.
- 可怜的桑福德根本不可能会守住自己幽会的秘密.
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- Even after her father's suicide, Yang Lijuan insists that her a personal tryst with Lau.
- 杨父的自杀丝毫没有动摇她要与刘德华私人约会的决心.
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- A tryst, a trial, love unbridled.
- 一次约会, 一次考验.然后就是纵情的爱.
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