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one-night stand

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌone-night ˈstand noun [countable]  1 informal a) SYSEX/HAVE SEX WITHan occasion when two people have sex, but do not meet each other again 一夜情,一宿风流 I’m not into one-night stands. 我对一夜情不感兴趣。 b) SYSEX/HAVE SEX WITHa person that you have sex with once and do not see again 与之有过一夜情的人2. APMAPTa performance of music or a play that is given only once in a particular place 〔在某地〕仅表演一次的(巡回)演出
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one-night standBack in California, where I came out, I was lucky to get a one-night stand.But the fact is, the show was more of a one-night stand than a true reunion.Making this into what - a one-night stand?A one-night stand with a waitress, played by Goldie Hawn, leads to her taking over his empty home.Their script is about an engaged couple whose life gets complicated when a gay one-night stand of the groom shows up.The band was exhausted from playing a succession of one-night stands around the country.Remember, the one-night stand will not he repeated.
ˌone-night ˈstand nounChineseSyllable
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one-night stand
ˌone-night ˈstand noun [countable]
1. informal
  a. an occasion when two people have sex, but do not meet each other again:
    I’m not into one-night stands.
  b. a person that you have sex with once and do not see again
2. a performance of music or a play that is given only once in a particular place


one-night standBrE /ˌwʌn naɪt ˈstænd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌwʌn naɪt ˈstænd/ 🔊 noun (informal) a sexual relationship that lasts for a single night; a person that sb has this relationship with 一夜情;露水情缘;曾与之有一夜情的人I wanted it to be more than a one-night stand. 我要的不止是一夜情缘。🔊🔊For her I was just a one-night stand. 我不过是她玩一夜情的对象而已。🔊🔊