| 单词 | sex and shopping |
| 释义 | > as lemmassex and shopping P4. Chiefly British. sex and shopping: a genre of popular fiction featuring wealthy and glamorous characters who typically engage in frequent sexual encounters and extravagant spending, esp. on designer goods. Frequently attributive: designating (a novel of) this genre. Cf. bonkbuster n. ΚΠ 1985 Ladies' Home Jrnl. May 92 Jackie Collins, charming, vibrant and stunningly attractive, could serve as at least a minor character in one of her sex-and-shopping-among-the-rich-and-famous page-turners.] 1986 Washington Post 20 May b4/3 Sure enough, her powerful brand of S&S (sex and shopping) sold 4.6 million copies and made little Judy Tarcher an overnight success. 1987 Times (Nexis) 11 May A researcher employed on Conran's ‘sex and shopping’ blockbuster, Lace. 1995 Daily Tel. 20 Mar. 6/4 He's not a writer because he writes the ‘other stuff’, I'm not talking about people who write sex and shopping. 2000 Book May 52/1 The bestselling author and creator of the ‘sex and shopping’ genre is thin as a sparrow and looks a well-preserved fifty. < as lemmas |
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