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单词 pleasure-seeker
释义

pleasure-seekern.

Brit. /ˈplɛʒəsiːkə/, U.S. /ˈplɛʒɛrˌsikər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pleasure n., seeker n.
Etymology: < pleasure n. + seeker n., after pleasure-seeking adj.
A person who seeks pleasure; spec. a holidaymaker.
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society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > one engaged in amusement or entertainment
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > pleasure-seeking > pleasure-seeker
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1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 438 The poor broken-down horse..having been urged three times to and from Greenwich with a load thither of pleasure-seekers at sixpence per head, is now unable to return.
1834 Times 2 Oct. 3/2 The almost unparalleled absence of fashionable pleasure-seekers from town.
1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 14 At all hours of the night, the pleasure-seeker may gain admission.
1894 H. Caine Manxman v. vi Coaches, choked full with pleasure-seekers from Port Erin.
1913 D. Barnes People & Sea in A. Berry New York (1989) 32 A never-ending line of pleasure seekers..heads down the street and around the corner, intent on the interior of the municipal bathhouse.
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Mag. Apr. 64/2 The trend is toward more and more residential pools for all sorts of pleasure-seekers.
1995 Daily Tel. 23 Aug. 10/4 She was a pleasure seeker who cared nothing for the values of family.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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