sweetheart
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sweet·heart /ˈswiːthɑːt $ -hɑːrt/ ●●○ noun 1 LOVE spoken a way of speaking to someone you love 亲爱的，甜心〔用作爱称〕 SYN darling Come here, sweetheart. 过来，亲爱的。2. WOMAN spoken an informal way of speaking to a woman you do not know, which some women find offensive 亲爱的〔对陌生女子的非正式称呼，有些女子认为这种称呼带有冒犯性〕3 sweetheart deal American English an agreement that is unfair because it gives an advantage to people who know each other well or to people who have a lot of influence 私下签订的合同〔指不公正的合同〕 Members of the council had arranged a sweetheart deal with CTS. 地方议会议员和 CTS 公司私下签订了一份合同。4 [countable] old-fashionedLOVE the person that you love 情人，恋人 They were childhood sweethearts. 他们是青梅竹马。
Examples from the Corpus
sweetheart• Sweetheart, I've got good news for you.• Johnny and Carmen are sweethearts, but Carmen loves Zander, because he looks so good in uniform.• That was it; she stormed out, left Paris immediately, returned to Blackpool and married her childhood sweetheart.• They then crawled round the stone three times on hands and knees, hoping to see their future sweethearts.• If he had simply been using her why, in that split-second of warning, had he called her sweetheart?• That led to a breakup with his sweetheart, who could not understand what he candidly admitted was a thirst for glory.• Then 23, she married her high school sweetheart, Dave.childhood sweethearts• Reg has remained a bachelor ever since he first asked her to marry him when they were childhood sweethearts in Cirencester.From Longman Business Dictionarysweetheartsweet‧heart /ˈswiːthɑːt-hɑːrt/ adjective [only before a noun] a sweetheart deal, contract, agreement etc is unfair because it gives people who know each other well or have a lot of influence an unfair advantageSome executives have been taking kickbacks from suppliers and accepting sweetheart deals.Critics say prosecutors gave him asweetheart sentence (=a very short one) in return for evidence against his partner.sweet·heart nounChineseSyllable
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sweetheart
sweet‧heart /ˈswiːthɑːt $ -hɑːrt/
noun
1. spoken a way of speaking to someone you love
SYN darling:
Come here, sweetheart.
2. spoken an informal way of speaking to a woman you do not know, which some women find offensive
3. sweetheart deal American English an agreement that is unfair because it gives an advantage to people who know each other well or to people who have a lot of influence:
Members of the council had arranged a sweetheart deal with CTS.
4. [countable] old-fashioned the person that you love:
They were childhood sweethearts.
▪ boyfriend a boy or man that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time: Josh was my first boyfriend.
▪partner the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with: Sweden allows gay partners to receive many of the same benefits that married couples get. | Partners are also welcome.
▪fiancé the man whom a woman is going to marry: Her fiancé was killed in the war.
▪lover someone who you have a sexual relationship with, without being married to them: A few nights later, they became lovers.
▪ex informal a woman’s former husband or boyfriend: Her ex has caused a lot of trouble for her.
▪old flame informal someone who was your boyfriend in the past: In a box in the closet, I found love letters from one of her old flames.
▪man informal a woman’s husband or boyfriend: She’ll always stand by her man.
▪sweetheart old-fashioned the person that you love: They were childhood sweethearts.
▪beau old-fashioned a woman’s boyfriend or lover - a very old-fashioned use: Does she have a beau?
▪toy boy informal humorous a young man who is having a sexual relationship with an older woman: A woman with a toy boy gets a lot more disapproving looks than a man with a younger woman.
▪sugar daddy informal an older man who gives a younger woman presents and money in return for their company and often for sex: I can imagine her cashing checks from some mysterious sugar daddy.
▪be going out with somebody if you are going out with a boy or man, you have him as your boyfriend: She’s been going out with Jack for a couple of months.
⇨ girlfriend
sweet‧heart /ˈswiːthɑːt $ -hɑːrt/
noun1. spoken a way of speaking to someone you love
SYN darling:
2. spoken an informal way of speaking to a woman you do not know, which some women find offensive
3. sweetheart deal American English an agreement that is unfair because it gives an advantage to people who know each other well or to people who have a lot of influence:
4. [countable] old-fashioned the person that you love:
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