There is no public display of affection more intimate between two people than handholding, writes New York bachelor Jozen, on his blog. "Holding hands is the ultimate sign that two people are not only together, but happily so. Couples kiss madly, hug madly. But hold hands madly? Oh no, they don't do that."

紐約單身漢Jozen曾在博客中寫道：“所有公共場合親密行為中，兩人間最親密的行為莫過于牽手了。牽手不僅宣告兩人在一起的事實，還將兩人的幸福一并傳達出來。情侶們會瘋狂地親吻、擁抱。但他們會瘋狂地牽手么？答案當然是不會。”

Public Display of Affection is so common and varied that it's earned its own acronym, the PDA。

公共場合親密行為很常見，也很多樣化。它已經(jīng)擁有了自己的首字母縮略詞——PDA。

I was recently in London sharing a coffee with my uncle, who's in his 50s. When we went to leave a teenage couple was wildly embracing and kissing in the doorway in front of us. "If they really loved each other they wouldn’t feel the need to do that," he muttered disapprovingly。

不久前，我和50多歲的叔叔在倫敦喝咖啡。臨走時，一對十多歲的情侶在我們前面的門口處瘋狂地擁吻。“如果真愛對方，他們完全沒有必要這樣做，”叔叔不以為然地低聲說。