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    amour

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++a·mour /əˈmʊə $ əˈmʊr/ noun [countable]  SEX/HAVE SEX WITH literary a sexual relationship, especially a secret one 风流韵事，〔尤指〕偷情
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    amour• Leaving her amour with strict instructions on how to find her, she retired to bed and waited.• I wish them a night as perfect as ours, mon amour.• Just today one of the missionary school youth was about to elope with his new amour.    Origin amour (1300-1400) Old French Latin amor; → AMOROUS
    a·mour nounChineseSyllable
    especially a relationship, sexual secret Corpus one a


    amour
    a‧mour /əˈmʊə $ əˈmʊr/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Old French
     Origin: Latin amor; ⇨ amorous
    literary a sexual relationship, especially a secret one


    amourBrE /əˈmʊə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /əˈmʊr/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned, from French) a love affair, especially a secret one （尤指秘密的）恋情；风流韵事