Elope



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 私奔
• ［英］ v. 私奔 ( to run away secretly in order to get married; escape; abscond)
• ［记］ e+lope ( 跑) -> 跑出去 -> 私奔, lope本身是一个单词, 意为""轻快地走""
• ［例］ The couple did not want a large wedding, so they decided to elope.

Webster Collegiate

intransitive verb (eloped; eloping)

• Etymology: Anglo-French aloper, esloper to abduct, run away
• Date: 1628
• 1. to slip away ; escape <might have mistaken him for…some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield — Washington Irving>
• 2.
  • a. to run away from one's husband with a lover
  • b. to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent
• ? elopement noun
• ? eloper noun

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