| 释义 |
voyeur|vwɑːˈjɜː(r)|
Fem. -euse |ɜːz|.
[a. Fr., f. voir to see.]
1. A person whose sexual desires are stimulated or satisfied by covert observation of the sex organs or sexual activities of others. Cf. peeping Tom s.v. peeping ppl. a.2; scopophiliac s.v. scopophilia.
1900H. Blanchamp tr. Féré 's Sexual Instinct vi. 142 The houses of ill-fame have a clientèle of ‘voyeurs’ of both sexes. 1913E. Jones Papers on Psycho-Anal. xv. 341 The patient, who had frequently indulged in pædicatio, was a pronounced voyeur. 1937L. Bromfield Rains Came i. xlv. 192 A moment after she had disappeared the Major came out, and like a voyeur Ransome regarded him sharply to discover..whether she had made any progress. 1952S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1957) xii. 188 The same Jake Simon who later made him a voyeur before puberty. 1956C. P. Snow Homecomings xxxi. 214 Mrs Beauchamp, day-dreaming of a voyeuse's paradise, seeping herself into invisibility. 1972Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 11/4 The hopeful voyeurs were to be disappointed for after this first fine flurry of bosoms and buttocks not a stitch was shed in the rest of the 45 minutes. 1978C. P. Snow Realists viii. 236 He may have been a bit of a voyeur (he took extravagant pleasure in studying a love-object in bed). 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Oct. 1139/2 The film seems to miss a trick.., in that these two never get it together, but most voyeurs should be satisfied with what is otherwise on offer.
2. transf. and fig.
1956C. W. Mills Power Elite vii. 162 The miser..is an impotent voyeur of the economic system. 1958Times 2 Oct. 3/2 The play..draws a firm line between those immersed in living and those plaintively watching them at it; and Hauptmann's sympathy goes to the voyeurs. 1967Spectator 6 Oct. 404/3 Those films and TV programmes which argue that these are realities only moral cowards would evade seem to me to risk turning us all into voyeurs of pain, connoisseurs of private misery. 1978J. Irving World according to Garp iii. 56, I was brought up to be a spectator... I was raised to be a voyeur.
Hence voˈyeur v. intr., to obtain gratification in the manner of a voyeur; usu. as pres. pple. or vbl. n.
1959P. Bull I know Face xi. 195 She found herself dressing and undressing between two rows of hanging wardrobes, which involved delightful voyeuring for the gents manipulating the lights on the gantry above. 1970K. Giles Murder Pluperfect iii. 72 ‘My girl,’ said the Inspector, shamelessly voyeuring, lusciously and rashly voyeuring. 1980M. Gilbert Death of Favourite Girl xxv. 240 His conscience wasn't all that clear, if he'd been out doing a spot of voyeuring. |