eroticism
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++e·rot·i·cis·m /ɪˈrɒtɪsɪzəm $ ɪˈrɑː-/ noun [uncountable] ASEXYa style or quality that expresses strong feelings of sexual love and desire, especially in works of art 〔尤指艺术作品中的〕色情 the eroticism of his early love poems 他早期爱情诗中的色情描写
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eroticism• A rare combination of horror, tongue-in-cheek humor and actual eroticism. 1976.• In the Romantic tradition a preoccupation with suicide and death is merely a further move on a continuum of sensuality and eroticism.• The film explores alternative sexuality with coy eroticism and a brazen wit, but without resorting to degrading stereotypes.• the lush eroticism of the Kama Sutra• I asked myself how it was that no exhibition had ever shown any trace of eroticism in his work.• Often, in pornographic eroticism, there is no real love-making between people.• But the Master-Slave dialectic seems to capture the relation between people in pornographic eroticism.• Working alongside such eroticism made them feel awkward.• Fat women may not feel confident about exposing their bodies in those ways traditionally associated with eroticism.e·rot·i·cis·m nounChineseSyllable
of strong or love feelings sexual style Corpus quality expresses that a
eroticism
e‧rot‧i‧cis‧m /ɪˈrɒtəsɪzəm, ɪˈrɒtɪsɪzəm $ ɪˈrɑː-/
noun [uncountable]
a style or quality that expresses strong feelings of sexual love and desire, especially in works of art:
the eroticism of his early love poems
e‧rot‧i‧cis‧m /ɪˈrɒtəsɪzəm, ɪˈrɒtɪsɪzəm $ ɪˈrɑː-/
noun [uncountable]a style or quality that expresses strong feelings of sexual love and desire, especially in works of art: