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单词 eve-teaser
释义

eve-teasern.

Brit. /ˈiːvˌtiːzə/, U.S. /ˈivˌtizər/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Eve , teaser n.1
Etymology: < Eve, the name of the first woman as given in the Book of Genesis (see Eve n.1) + teaser n.1 Compare slightly later eve-teasing n.
Indian English.
A man who (verbally or physically) sexually harasses a woman in a public place. Cf. eve-teasing n.
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1957 Times of India 21 Dec. 1/5 The House held a spirited and breezy discussion on a non-official Bill..seeking to punish ‘eve-teasers’ heavily.
1960 Times 22 Apr. 9 Apologists for the youths suggest that ‘the modern ways of dressing and making up by young women’ are responsible for the antipathy, and it does seem that many ‘Eve-teasers’ are acting from one kind of moral disapproval.
1989 Daily Tel. 8 Apr. 13/7 A large black poster appeared recently in my neighbourhood of Delhi promising ‘Free Board and Lodging for Eveteasers: in Jail’.
2017 Telegraph (India) (Nexis) 20 Jan. Police have launched crackdown on eve-teasers following several complaints in the city.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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