Think of the trip a couple takes right after the wedding: the noise is over, nothing has settled into routine yet, and for a short while everything is sweet. That short sweet stretch at the very beginning is what the word really holds on to.
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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
honeymoonnoun/ˈhʌn.iˌmuːn/
- 1
The period of time immediately following a marriage.
- The new minister and his wife were a young, pleasant-faced couple, still on their honeymoon, and full of all good and beautiful enthusiasms for their chosen lifework.
- 2
A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period.
- We went to Greece for our honeymoon.
- I will say, 'Sir, I am going to marry your daughter. Be silent, sir! I have decided to do this and I will not be balked by a gouty old father-in-law. I want you to understand that from now on I am the master of this house. You may write out a check for ten thousand dollars for our honeymoon.'
- 3
A period of goodwill at the beginning of a new term or relationship (e.g. towards a newly elected politician or in respect of a new business arrangement).
- Now that the honeymoon is over, it’s time for us to get down to the business at hand.
- The honeymoon period came to a swift end when the legislation was introduced.
honeymoonverb/ˈhʌn.iˌmuːn/
- 1
To have a honeymoon (a trip taken by a couple after wedding).
- My parents honeymooned at Niagara falls.
- No sooner were they married than Dick fitted out his schooner, the All Away, and away the blessed pair of them went, honeymooning from Bordeaux to Hongkong.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。