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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++porn /pɔːn $ pɔːrn/ noun [uncountable] informal  1 (also porno /ˈpɔːnəʊ $ ˈpɔːrnoʊ/)SEX/HAVE SEX WITH pornography 色情作品 the porn industry 色情业 a porno movie 色情电影n2. property/food/car etc porn informal television programmes, advertisements, magazines, or books about homes, food, cars etc, which people enjoy looking at because they contain attractive images of things they would like to have – used humorously or to show disapproval hard porn, soft porn
Examples from the Corpus
porna porn starThe theater shows mainly kung fu movies and porn.
Origin porn (1900-2000) pornography
porn nounLDOCE OnlineChinese
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porn
porn /pɔːn $ pɔːrn/ (also porn‧o /ˈpɔːnəʊ $ ˈpɔːrnoʊ/) noun [uncountable] informal
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: pornography
pornography:
    the porn industry
    a porno movie
hard porn, soft porn


pornBrE /pɔːn/ 🔊NAmE /pɔːrn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (informal) = pornography   see also hard porn, soft porn