| 单词 | in the life |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the life g. U.S. slang. the life. Frequently in in the life. extracted from lifen. (a) Prostitution; cf. game n. 4b. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] bordelc1300 prostitution1553 trugging1591 trade1592 putanism1672 street1750 Magdalenism1840 the life1858 profession1888 social evil1901 hustling1924 game1926 sex trade1931 1858 W. W. Sanger Hist. Prostitution xxxiii. 491 I do not like the life. I would do almost any thing to get out of it. 1911 C. B. Chrysler White Slavery iii. 27 The girl was attractive and expressed her willingness to enter the life. 1961 T. I. Rubin In the Life Pref. p. i Through Jennie's eyes we learn about Jennie herself and ‘the life’: prostitution... There is nothing gentle, pretty or nice about ‘the life’. 1976 M. Machlin Pipeline viii. 97 They say I'm too nice a girl to be in the life. 2007 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 11 Mar. bv4 The story is based on five aging prostitutes... With wit, compassion and humor, they struggle to stay ‘in the life’, the only life they know. (b) Any way of life regarded as illicit or unconventional (esp. that of homosexual people). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > deviation from normal standards of behaviour > as way of life the life1916 boho1979 1916 L. E. MacBrayne & J. P. Ramsay One More Chance 94 If it never did pay, why did you so often return to the life [i.e. the criminal underworld]? 1973 C. Milner & R. Milner Black Players (new ed.) i. 10 Players will ask a new acquaintance: ‘How long have you been in The Life?’—meaning, at what age did you leave the ‘square’ or ‘straight’ world. 1977 M. Torres in R. P. Rettig et al. Manny ii. 57/2 All of us had been ‘in the life’ for years, and they just accepted Izzy and me because we handled our [drug] habits pretty well and made a valuable contribution to the organization. 1983 Maledicta 1982 6 135 Gay women are far less promiscuous and in the life than gay men. 2007 J. McCourt Now Voyagers iv. 172 Anyway, she became known in the Life as Margy LaMont. Discovered by Carlo Van V., the Ward McAllister of his gay day. < as lemmas |
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