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Think of the trip a couple takes right after the wedding: the noise is over, nothing has settled into routine yet, and for a short while everything is sweet. That short sweet stretch at the very beginning is what the word really holds on to.
可以想成：婚禮結束、賓客散了，兩個人拎著行李出發的那趟旅行。日子還沒開始磨，帳單還沒來，眼前只有一段被特別保護起來的…更多收起
可以想成：婚禮結束、賓客散了，兩個人拎著行李出發的那趟旅行。日子還沒開始磨，帳單還沒來，眼前只有一段被特別保護起來的甜。這個字抓住的其實不只是「旅行」，而是那個「剛開始、還很甜、而且知道它會過去」的短短一段時間——所以後來它才能離開婚姻，用到別的地方去。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
honeymoonnoun/ˈhʌn.iˌmuːn/
- 1
The period of time immediately following a marriage.
- The new minister and his wife were a young, pleasant-faced couple, still on their honeymoon, and full of all good and beautiful enthusiasms for their chosen lifework.
- 2
A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period.
- We went to Greece for our honeymoon.
- I will say, 'Sir, I am going to marry your daughter. Be silent, sir! I have decided to do this and I will not be balked by a gouty old father-in-law. I want you to understand that from now on I am the master of this house. You may write out a check for ten thousand dollars for our honeymoon.'
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A period of goodwill at the beginning of a new term or relationship (e.g. towards a newly elected politician or in respect of a new business arrangement).
- Now that the honeymoon is over, it’s time for us to get down to the business at hand.
- The honeymoon period came to a swift end when the legislation was introduced.
honeymoonverb/ˈhʌn.iˌmuːn/
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To have a honeymoon (a trip taken by a couple after wedding).
- My parents honeymooned at Niagara falls.
- No sooner were they married than Dick fitted out his schooner, the All Away, and away the blessed pair of them went, honeymooning from Bordeaux to Hongkong.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。