lovelorn

英語

詞源

love +‎ lorn。

發音

• (通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助): /lʌvˈlɔɹn/

形容詞

lovelorn (比較級 more lovelorn，最高級 most lovelorn)

1. 失戀的；戀情屢受挫折的；渴求愛的
   • c. 1819-1820, John Keats, On Fame:

     Ye lovesick bards! repay her scorn for scorn; / Ye artists lovelorn! madmen that ye are, / Make your best bow to her and bid adieu / Then, if she likes it, she will follow you.

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   • 1890, John Boyle O'Reilly, 「A Tragedy」, 出自 In Bohemia:

     A soft-breasted bird from the sea / Fell in love with the light-house flame; / And it wheeled round the tower on its airiest wing, / And floated and cried like a lovelorn thing;

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2. 沒有愛的，沒人愛的

   近義詞：loveless

衍生詞彙

• lovelornness

名詞

lovelorn (複數 lovelorns)

1. 失戀者
   • 1984, Alan Rudolph, Choose Me (motion picture), 角色 Nancy（Geneviève Bujold）:

     And when there's a price involved, she can help others but - not herself. She gives advice to the lovelorn every day but she's never been in love herself. Or so I've heard.

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