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love child

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈlove child noun [countable]  SCCFAMILYa child whose parents are not married – used especially in newspapers 私生子〔尤用于报纸文章〕
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love childUnlike the synonym, MAMzer, BENKert connotes love child, not one merely born out of wedlock.She would have made the secret love child of Leon Trotsky and Margaret Thatcher look like an uncommitted, apolitical layabout.
ˈlove child nounChineseSyllable
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love child
ˈlove child noun [countable]
a child whose parents are not married – used especially in newspapers


love childBrE /ˈlʌv tʃaɪld/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlʌv tʃaɪld/ 🔊 noun (used especially in newspapers, etc. 尤用于报刊等) a child born to parents who are not married to each other 私生子