单词 | one-night stand |
释义 | one-night stand[ wuhn-nahyt stand ] / ˈwʌnˌnaɪt ˈstænd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR one-night stand ON THESAURUS.COM nouna single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement. a place where such a performance is given. Slang.
Origin of one-night standdef. 1 is an Americanism dating back to 1875–80; def. 3 was first recorded in 1935–40. Words nearby one-night standOne man's meat is another man's poison, one-many, on end, oneness, one-nighter, one-night stand, one-note, one of a kind, one-off, one of these days, one of those days Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for one-night stand
British Dictionary definitions for one-night standone-night stand nouna performance given only once at any one place informal
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