• n. 心愛的人；親愛的
• n. (Darling)人名；(英)達林

來自dear, 親愛的。-ling, 小詞后綴。

darling (n.)

Old English deorling "darling, favorite minion," double diminutive of deor "dear" (see dear (adj.)). The vowel shift from -e- to -a- (16c.) is usual for -er- followed by a consonant. "It is better to be An olde mans derlyng, than a yong mans werlyng" (1562).

1. Oat bran became the darling of health freaks last year.

燕麥麩在去年成為保健狂人的最愛。

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2. Darling Neville, I couldn't be more pleased for you.

親愛的內維爾，我真太為你高興了。

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3. Oh dear, there's the doorbell. See who it is, would you, darling.

哦，天哪，門鈴響了。看看是誰好嗎，親愛的。

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4. I once went camping at Lake Darling with a friend.

我曾和一位朋友在達令湖畔露營。

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5. Darling how lovely to see you, you look simply divine.

親愛的，見到你太讓人高興了，你看上去簡直美極了。

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