a holiday taken by a couple who have just got married 蜜月 We went to Venice for our honeymoon. 我们去威尼斯度的蜜月。 - on (your) honeymoon
They're on their honeymoon. 他们正在度蜜月。 They go on honeymoon the day after the wedding. 婚礼后的第二天他们去度蜜月。
WordfinderExtra ExamplesTopics Holidaysb2, Life stagesb2They can't decide where to go for their honeymoon. 他们无法决定去哪儿度蜜月。 We had a brief honeymoon in Paris. 我们在巴黎度过了短暂的蜜月。 While on honeymoon in Bali, she learned to scuba dive. 她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了戴水肺潜水。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
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- go on
- have
- leave for
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- be over
- couple
- suite
- cruise
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- for a honeymoon
- on honeymoon
the period of time at the start of a new activity when nobody is criticized and people feel enthusiastic (新活动之初的)和谐时期 Extra ExamplesThere was always a honeymoon period when Mum started a new job. 妈妈每开始一份新工作总会有一阵儿新鲜劲。 The honeymoon was over and the reality of what she had taken on began to dawn. “蜜月期”结束了,她揽的事情的真实情况开始明朗起来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- short
- long
- …
- go on
- have
- leave for
- …
- be over
- couple
- suite
- cruise
- …
- for a honeymoon
- on honeymoon
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting the period of time following a wedding): from honey + moon. The original reference was to affection waning like the moon, but later the sense became ‘the first month after marriage’.