词汇 | shack up |
释义 | Idiom sleep with someone and shack up (with someone) Theme: SEX to have sex with someone; to copulate with someone. (Euphemistic. This may not involve sleep. The expressions with shack are slang, and they are not used to refer to marital sex.)Everyone assumes that Mr. Franklin doesn't sleep with Mrs. Franklin.Somebody said he shacks up with a girlfriend downtown.They've been shacking up for years now. Idiom shack upshack up (with someone) to live with and have a sexual relationship with someone you are not married to.I was surprised to hear you're shacking up with Kathy. Related vocabulary: set up housekeepingPhr V shack up shacks, shacking, shacked shack up (always + adv/prep) mainly American informal to live in a place for a short time because you need somewhere to stayAs itinerant workers, they shacked up in rented rooms and company dorms.Western tourists in Tibet shack up at the Everest Hotel. shack up verb 1 to take up residence, usually of a temporary nature US, 1942. 2 to provide living quarters for a lover US, 1960 shack up informal to start living with someone that you have sex with but are not married to - used especially to show disapproval+ with Michael shacked up with his new girlfriend as soon as he divorced his wife.be shacked up Once they were shacked up, all they did was fight.+ together The last thing I heard, she and her lover-boy were shacked up together somewhere in Glasgow. shack up (with someone)1. To live with someone or stay at someone's house temporarily. We've been shacking up at my brother's place while our house is being renovated. Do you mind if I shack up with you for a while? My wife and I are going through a bit of a rough patch. 2. To be in a sexual relationship with someone; to live or reside with someone in a sexual relationship. A: "I haven't seen Beth in a while." B: "She's been shacking up with some hotshot lawyer she started dating a few weeks ago." My parents still disapprove of us shacking up together before we're married. They're a little old-fashioned that way. shack up (with someone)Inf. to sleep or live with someone temporarily in a sexual relationship. They shacked up for over a year until her parents found out and stopped sending her money. shack up1. Sleep together or live in sexual intimacy without being married. For example, They had been dating for two months and then decided to shack up. [Slang; first half of 1900s] 2. Stay or reside with, as in I'm shacking up with my cousin till I find a place of my own. [Slang; first half of 1900s] shack upv. Slang 1. To live, room, or stay at some place: She's shacking up at her cousin's house until she finds a place of her own. 2. To sleep together or live in sexual intimacy with someone without being married: There's a rumor that the professor is shacking up with one of his colleagues. Do you know if they are shacking up together? shack upverbSee shack up with someone shack upSlang1. To live together and have sexual relations without being married. 2. To live, room, or stay at a place: I'm shacking up with my cousin till I find a place of my own. |
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