darling

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɑːlɪŋ/    美 /ˈdɑɹlɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.
    — Pass the wine, would you, darling?
  2. A person who is kind, sweet, etc., and thus lovable; a pet, a sweetheart; also, an animal or thing which is cute and lovable.
    — The girl next door picks up all my shopping for me. She is such a darling.
  3. A favourite.
    — And in ſo muche the more peril and haſard of the ſaid diſeaſes [“ambicion, auarice, riottous exceſſe, hatred, enuye, and ſuche others”] do the princes ſtand, as they are more then others made wantons ⁊ derelynges of fortune, and haue lybertie withoute checke or controllemente to fulfyll their owne ſenſuall luſtes and appetites.
  4. A favourite.; The favourite child in a family.
    — Mary, the youngest daughter, was always her mother’s darling.
  5. A favourite.; A person (often a woman) or thing that is very popular with a certain group of people. broadly
    — a media darling
  6. A favourite.; A royal favourite, the intimate companion of a monarch or other royal personage, often delegated significant political power. obsolete
    — When kyng Henry perceiued, that the cõmons [commons] wer thus ſtomacked and bent, againſt the Quenes [Margaret of Anjou's] dearlynge William [de la Pole,] Duke of Suffolke, he plainly ſawe, that neither gloſyng woulde ſette, nor diſſimulacion coulde appeace, the continuall clamor of the importunate cõmons: Wherefore to begyn a ſhorte pacificacion in to long a broyle.
动词 v.
  1. To call (someone) "darling" (noun sense 1). informal,transitive
    — The frisky female, we have noticed, has one most unpleasant trick; it is that of darlinging and duckeying and otherwise spooneying her husband … in public. He is invariably, invariably set down as an ass, without its being in the least his fault.
形容词 adj.
  1. Very dear; beloved, cherished, favourite.
    — She is my darling wife of twenty-two years.
  2. Very cute or lovable; adorable, charming, sweet.
    — Well, isn’t that a darling little outfit she has on?

词形变化

darlings plural darlin' alternative darlint alternative dearling alternative more darling comparative darlinger comparative,rare most darling superlative darlingest rare,superlative dearling alternative darlings present,singular,third-person darlinging participle,present darlinged participle,past darlinged past

词汇关系

衍生词
darl darlinghood darlinglike dilling kill one's darlings media darling murder one's darlings silver darling darlingly darlingness

词源

词源 1
The noun is derived from Middle English dereling, derelyng (“beloved person; beloved of God, devout Christian”), from Old English dīerling, dēorling (“favourite, darling; minion”), from Proto-West Germanic *diuriling, from Proto-Germanic *diurijalingaz, from *diurijaz (“beloved, dear; expensive”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“hot, warm; to burn”), or *dweh₂- (“distant, long; to remove, separate”)) + *-ilingaz (suffix forming (diminutive) nouns with the sense of ‘belonging to; coming from’). By surface analysis, dear + -ling (suffix meaning ‘immature; small’).
The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun. The verb is also derived from the noun.
词源 2
The noun is derived from Middle English dereling, derelyng (“beloved person; beloved of God, devout Christian”), from Old English dīerling, dēorling (“favourite, darling; minion”), from Proto-West Germanic *diuriling, from Proto-Germanic *diurijalingaz, from *diurijaz (“beloved, dear; expensive”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“hot, warm; to burn”), or *dweh₂- (“distant, long; to remove, separate”)) + *-ilingaz (suffix forming (diminutive) nouns with the sense of ‘belonging to; coming from’). By surface analysis, dear + -ling (suffix meaning ‘immature; small’).
The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun. The verb is also derived from the noun.
词源 3
The noun is derived from Middle English dereling, derelyng (“beloved person; beloved of God, devout Christian”), from Old English dīerling, dēorling (“favourite, darling; minion”), from Proto-West Germanic *diuriling, from Proto-Germanic *diurijalingaz, from *diurijaz (“beloved, dear; expensive”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“hot, warm; to burn”), or *dweh₂- (“distant, long; to remove, separate”)) + *-ilingaz (suffix forming (diminutive) nouns with the sense of ‘belonging to; coming from’). By surface analysis, dear + -ling (suffix meaning ‘immature; small’).
The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun. The verb is also derived from the noun.
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