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单词 one-night stand
释义

one-night stand

[ wuhn-nahyt stand ]
/ ˈwʌnˌnaɪt ˈstænd /
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noun

a 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.
  1. a single, unrepeated sexual encounter, as one lasting for just one night.
  2. a participant in such an encounter.

Origin of one-night stand

def. 1 is an Americanism dating back to 1875–80; def. 3 was first recorded in 1935–40.

Words nearby one-night stand

One 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

  • The general atmosphere of the parlor reminded me of the stage-settings one comes across in one-night-stand theatres.

    My Actor-Husband|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for one-night stand

one-night stand

noun

a performance given only once at any one place
informal
  1. a sexual encounter lasting only one evening or night
  2. a person regarded as being only suitable for such an encounter
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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