honeymoon的词源

英文词源

honeymoon

honeymoon: [16] The word honeymoon first appeared in print in the middle of the 16th century. Richard Huloet in his Abecedarium Anglico Latinum 1552 defined it as ‘a term proverbially applied to such as be new married, which will not fall out at the first, but the one loueth the other at the beginning exceedingly, the likelihood of their exceeding love appearing to assuage, the which time the vulgar people call the honey moon’. His description suggests not only that the term had already been around for some time by the 1550s, but also that it was probably inspired by the notion that although married love was at first as sweet as honey, it soon waned like the moon.

honeymoon (n.)

1540s, hony moone, but probably much older, "indefinite period of tenderness and pleasure experienced by a newly wed couple," from honey (n.) in reference to the new marriage's sweetness, and moon (n.) in reference to how long it would probably last, or from the changing aspect of the moon: no sooner full than it begins to wane. French has cognate lune de miel, but German version is flitterwochen (plural), from flitter "tinsel" + wochen "week." In figurative use from 1570s. Specific sense of "post-wedding holiday" attested from c. 1800; as a verb in this sense from 1821. Related: Honeymooned; honeymooning.

中文词源

honeymoon：蜜月

honey,蜜，moon,月。比喻用法，既可理解为时间，也可理解为婚姻如同月亮的阴晴圆缺。

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honeymoon：蜜月

按日耳曼民族的古老习俗，新婚夫妇在婚宴后要喝一个月蜂蜜酒( honey wine)，使爱情能够永远甜甜蜜蜜的。人们把这个月称作honeymoon。其中honey意指“蜂蜜”，而moon在诗歌语言中则义同month。

还有一种说祛认为，婚后第一月乃是甜如蜜的一个月，人生最甜蜜的一个月，故以honey作比。然而，爱情又好比月儿一样。月儿圆极而亏，新婚夫妇过了一个月，爱情也由浓而

淡，故以moon配之。

　　honeymoon 一词始见于16世纪中期。18世纪英国词典蝙纂家约翰逊在他所编的《英文词典》中就已把它释义为“柔情缱绻、快乐无比的婚后第一月”。该词用到今天，意义有所扩展，除保留其原始词义“婚后第一月”，“蜜月”以外，还常作“新婚旅行”，“蜜月旅行”懈，有时也喻指“（国家或政党之间）关系和谐的时期”。 19世纪后半期，在美国“新婚旅行”也常以bridal tour表示。

honeymoon：蜜月 

词根词缀： honey蜂蜜 + moon月