velvet divorce

短语

词形变化

velvet divorces 复数 velvet divorces

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A non-violent separation of formerly united nations, especially the one which occurred when Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.

词源

Originally with reference to the separation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, by analogy with the Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce) of 1989.

来源:wiktionary