| 单词 | one-night stand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone-night stand one-night stand n. [ < one-night adj. + stand n.1 10] originally U.S. (a) a single performance of a play, show, or the like at a particular place; esp. one given by a touring company, band, etc.; a town, theatre, etc., where such a performance takes place; also in extended use; (b) a casual sexual liaison or encounter lasting only one night. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual relationship > [noun] > sexual encounter sexual experience1855 one-night stand1878 sexcapade1951 sexploit1960 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > other types début1751 vehicle1785 benefit1802 showpiece1810 ticket-night1812 yatra1827 command1839 lollipopa1849 party piece1851 roadshow1874 one-night stand1878 stand1878 one-man show1879 small1886 command performance1897 ticket benefit1898 frivol1903 run-through1905 pre-production1906 riot1909 one-nighter1916 gala performance1932 improv1953 warm-up1958 workshopping1966 impro1979 1878*One-night stand [see main sense]. 1880 D. K. Ranous Diary of Daly Débutante (1910) 189 This coming week..is to be what they call ‘one-night stands’. 1904 G. V. Hobart Jim Hickey i. 13 I'm too delicate for this one-night stand gag. I'm going to New York and build a theatre. 1916 G. B. Shaw Let. 14 May in Bernard Shaw & Mrs. P. Campbell (1952) 186 I told you not to do those one-night stands. 1956 O. Welles Mr. Arkadin i. i. 10 The sort of men Mily met weren't interested in marriage. They saw her as a one-night stand. And she, poor kid, always hoped it would last. 1986 Regional Repertory Rep. Aug. 1 Most performances are one-night stands at a variety of regional venues. 2001 I. Losada Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment 35 Could I just enjoy being with him and then walk away? I had never done the ‘one-night stand’ thing in my life. < as lemmas |
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