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語源

From heart +‎ throb.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈhɑːtˌθɹɒb/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈhɑɹtˌθɹɑb/
• (Australia) IPA: /ˈhɑːtˌθɹɔb/
• 韻: -ɒb, -ɑb, -ɔb

名詞

heartthrob (plural heartthrobs)

1. A heartbeat.
2. The object of one’s desires or infatuation; a sweetheart.
3. A handsome male celebrity.
   • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club‎, archived from the original on 6 August 2020:

     And really, Michael Jackson is a more fitting aspiration for the similarly sexless would-be-former teen heartthrob, who’s compared himself to the late King Of Pop (perhaps a bit prematurely) on several occasions and sings in a Jackson-like croon over a sample of “We’ve Got A Good Thing Going” on Believe’s “Die In Your Arms.”

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