valentine
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++val·en·tine /ˈvæləntaɪn/ noun [countable] 1 LOVEsomeone you love or think is attractive, that you send a card to on St Valentine’s Day 〔在圣瓦伦丁节(2月14日)向其赠送贺卡的〕情人 Be my valentine. 做我的情人吧。2. TCMa card you send to someone on St Valentine’s Day 圣瓦伦丁节贺卡，情人卡
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valentine• Who could the woman be, who admired him so much that she sent him a valentine?• A group of nineteenth century greeting cards and valentines, types of ephemera now a popular field of collecting.• Every year she bought a dozen valentines.• But she would have preferred him to admire her from the beginning, without the encouragement of her valentine.• The other valentines were a more complicated matter.• Bathsheba was about to ask why he should think that, when she remembered the valentine.Origin valentine (1400-1500) Saint Valentine 3rd-century Italian priestval·en·tine nounChineseSyllable
someone or you you Corpus that is think love attractive,
valentine
val‧en‧tine /ˈvæləntaɪn/
noun [countable]
Be my valentine.
2. a card you send to someone on St Valentine’s Day
val‧en‧tine /ˈvæləntaɪn/
noun [countable] Date: 1400-1500
Origin: Saint Valentine 3rd-century Italian priest
1. someone you love or think is attractive, that you send a card to on St Valentine’s Day:Origin: Saint Valentine 3rd-century Italian priest
2. a card you send to someone on St Valentine’s Day