| 词汇 | one-night stand |
| 释义 | Idiom one-night stand Theme: TIME - DURATION an activity lasting one night. (Informal. Often refers to a musical performance or to sexual activity.)Our band has played a lot of one-night stands.What we want is an engagement for a week, not just a one-night stand. Slang one-night stand Theme: AFFAIR n. a romance or sexual relationship that lasts only one night.It was not a romance, just a one-night stand.It looked like something that would last longer than a one-night stand. Theme: PERFORMANCE n. a performance lasting only one night.The band did a series of one-night stands down the East Coast.You can't make a living doing one-night stands. Idiom one-night stand 1. a sexual relationship which only lasts for one night, or a person who you have had this type of relationship with. I'd rather have a long-term relationship than a series of one-night stands.It's you I love, Karen - Debbie was just a one-night stand. 2. a performance which happens only once in a particular place. We're doing a one-night stand in Durham on Monday followed by a couple of nights in Newcastle. one-night stand noun a sexual relationship lasting a single night UK, 1937one-night stand1. A sexual encounter that only happens one time. After a night of drinking, Maria had a one-night stand with Mark but regretted it the next morning. 2. A single performance. My favorite comedian is doing a one-night stand in the city next weekend. one-night stand1. Lit. a performance lasting only one night. The band did a series of one-night stands down the East Coast. You can't make a living doing one-night stands. 2. Fig. a romance or sexual relationship that lasts only one night. It was not a romance, just a one-night stand. It looked like something that would last longer than a one-night stand. a ˌone-night ˈstand1 (informal) a sexual relationship that lasts for a single night; a person that somebody has this relationship with: I wanted it to be more than a one-night stand.For him I was just a one-night stand. 2 one performance, concert, etc. in a town, given by an orchestra, theatre company, etc. which is travelling round from town to town: He left the band because he got tired of one-night stands. It’s not much fun moving from place to place all the time. one-night stand1. n. a performance lasting only one night. The band did a series of one-night stands down the East Coast. 2. n. a romance or sexual relationship that lasts only one night. It looked like something that would last longer than a one-night stand. one-night standA single performance or sexual encounter. This term comes from the days of touring theater companies, who would perform for only one night in a town that was likely to provide the audience for only one engagement. By the mid-twentieth century it had been transferred not only to other one-time performances of various kinds but also, in colloquial usage, to a single sexual encounter that was unlikely to be repeated by the same couple and therefore implied some promiscuity. |
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