英语词汇“home、wrecker”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

home-wrecker

释义

home-wrecker, n. depreciative (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈhəʊmˌrɛkə|, U.S. |ˈhoʊmˌrɛkər|
[‹ home n.¹ + wrecker n.¹ Compare slightly later home-wrecking adj.]
A person who is blamed for the break-up of a marriage or similar long-term relationship, usually because of his or her affair with one of the partners; a person regarded as of this type.
In earlier use esp. a man; now esp. a woman.
1913J. Huneker Pathos of Distance iv. 74 Hans Bélart..was very frank in his disclosures of the affair, treating Wagner as if he were the veriest ingrate and home-wrecker.1939Times 16 Mar. 14/5 The luckless young man who has been asked to pretend that uncontrollable passion has made him a home wrecker.1960S. Kauffman If it be Love ii. i. 123 She certainly didn't seem a luscious home-wrecker.1990Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 142 Instead she was cast as the home wrecker in the longest-running tabfest since Burton and Taylor.

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