| 单词 | le petit mort |
| 释义 | > as lemmasle petit mort An orgasm; the sensation of orgasm likened to death. Also le petit mort. Cf. petite mort n. ΚΠ 1970 M. Shephard & M. Lee Marathon 16 i. 81 The French call the orgasm le petit mort, because after an orgasm it seems all complete, but you can still have it happen again.] 1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Oct. (Weekend) 41 She can do a version of ‘Midnight Confession’ that sounds like Shirley Temple in the throes of extramarital petit-mort. 1995 Nation (Nexis) 20 Nov. 638 His terrible visions..return anew to plague him, but now not only during the petit mort of orgasm. 2002 GQ Mar. 162/1 The interminable scene in which pale, skinny, mustachioed Donald Sutherland repeatedly arches his back, rolls his eyes..and, finally, thankfully, ends it all by unleashing..an art-house approximation of le petit mort. < as lemmas |
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