| 正面 | 12455.affectionate 英 [ə'fekʃ(ə)nət]美 [ə'fɛkʃənət]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. 该词是 ante- "before" + ocular "of the eyes" 复合缩略词(*antlar => antler)，表示：before the eyes.2. 最初应该是短语：antler horn, 即：horn in front of the eyes. 也就是长在眼睛前面的角，后来简略成 antler.adj. 深情的；充满深情的 例句： 1. They seemed devoted to each other and were openly affectionate.他们看起来非常恩爱，柔情蜜意溢于言表。 affectionate (adj.)1580s, "fond, loving," from affection + -ate (1). Early, now mostly obsolete, senses included "inclined" (1530s), "prejudiced" (1530s), "passionate" (1540s), "earnest" (c. 1600). Other forms also used in the main modern sense of the word included affectious (1580s), affectuous (mid-15c.)." |