['su:tə, 'sju:-]
suitor
n. 起诉者,请愿者,求婚者

例句与用法:

  1. A Victorian suitor would be expected to satisfy a girl's father that he could support her in the manner to which she was accustomed.
    维多利亚时期总是希望求婚者向女方的父亲保证他能供养其女,让她过上和她以往一样的舒适讲究的生活。
  2. She refused her suitor.
    她拒绝了求婚者。

英英解释:

名词 suitor:

  1. a man who courts a woman
  2. 同义词:suer, wooer