| 单词 | sex appeal |
| 释义 | > as lemmassex appeal sex appeal n. character or quality which appeals to the sexual instinct; (originally, in a play, novel, etc.) sexuality or sexual relations as a theme; (later, in a person, esp. a woman) sexual attractiveness (also figurative); cf. S.A. n. at S n.1 Initialisms 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > sex appeal sexual attraction?1798 sex appeal1903 it1904 oomph1937 bed-worthiness1959 1903 Lamp (N.Y.) Sept. 161/1 That indefinable something which, throughout the history of this sad old world, has given certain worthless men an irresistible power of sex appeal to women. 1910 Current Lit. July The play which contains no sex appeal is described by professional critics as being ‘undramatic’ or ‘not a play at all’. 1913 F. A. Kummer Song of Sixpence Pref. Did not the fact that the vast majority of women devote the bulk of their..energy to personal adornment argue that they themselves regard sex appeal as their most valuable asset? 1924 Amer. Mercury 2 318/1 An actress with sex appeal is four times out of five a more effective actress. 1953 Encounter Nov. 32/2 For the frustrated and starved, it [sc. Communism] has all the sex-appeal of a strong, monolithic creed. 2003 N.Y. Mag. 11 Aug. 38/2 This babe..shows you can be covered up and still ooze sex appeal. < as lemmas |
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