It's a much older term of endearment.

“lovey”是个已经由来已久的昵称词。

It is a term of endearment, it means small or tiny.

这是一个爱的术语，它的意思是小的或微小的。

Do you think it needs more terms of endearment?

Issac：你认为它需要更多的爱称吗？

It's derogatory! - No it's a term of endearment!

是贬义的！- 不， 这是一种爱称！

" My love, " " you are my love" - that would be a term of endearment.

“我的爱人”、“你是我的爱人”——那将是一个亲切的称呼。

He said the New Zealand government openly endorses the term and that it was used as a term of endearment and as a means of identifying as a New Zealander.

他表示新西兰政府公开支持该词，而且该词被用作是“表示亲昵的术语，是鉴别新西兰人身份的方式”。

Our kid, our kid is usually referenced I guess you could say when it's like, oh, our like younger friend, our boy, our dude, um, kind of like a term of endearment.

Our kid，" our kid" 经常使用的意思是，我想你可以这样说，哦，比如" 我们的年轻朋友" ，" 我们的男孩" ，" 我们的兄弟" ，嗯，有点像是一种亲昵的称呼。

Then we've got: " me oul' segotia" , me old flower, and that's an expression that you would use as a term of endearment to someone.

然后我们有：“me oul'segotia”，me old flower，这是一种表达爱意的方式。

" May I have it, Amir jan? I would very much like to read it" .Baba hardly ever used the term of endearment " jan" when he addressed me.

" 可以让我看看吗，亲爱的阿米尔？我会很高兴能读你写的故事。" 爸爸称呼我的时候，几乎从来不用这个表示亲昵的" 亲爱的" 。