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tryst

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++tryst /trɪst, traɪst/ noun [countable] literary  RELATIONSHIPa meeting between lovers in a secret place or at a secret time – often used humorously 幽会〔常为幽默用法〕
Examples from the Corpus
trystVernacular cosmopolitans are compelled to make a tryst with cultural translation as an act of survival.The letter invites Leonardo to a tryst in the grove where Terentia is to meet Lycander.Tyrone fleeing from Maria's hotel tryst was equally unlikely.secret hotel trystsMy master was still asleep, as he had been the previous evening when I returned from my love tryst.She could never get accustomed to motel trysts.By July the Minister's secret trysts were laid bare.She ventured to go back to the tree of the tryst, the mulberry with the shining white fruit.
Origin tryst (1300-1400) Old French triste place from which someone watches, probably from a Scandinavian language
tryst nounChinese
Corpus a place secret lovers or in a meeting at between


tryst
tryst /trɪst, traɪst/ noun [countable] literary
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: triste 'place from which someone watches', probably from a Scandinavian language
a meeting between lovers in a secret place or at a secret time – often used humorously
     
THESAURUS
    meeting an occasion when people meet in order to discuss something: a business meeting. | Mr Bell is in a meeting. | The committee will hold another meeting Wednesday.
    conference an organized event, especially one that continues for several days, at which a lot of people meet to discuss a particular subject and hear speeches about it: Didn’t you give a talk at the conference last year? | a conference of women business leaders
    convention a large formal meeting of people who belong to a political party, or to an organization of people with the same interests: the Democratic Party Convention | a convention for Star Trek fans
    rally a large public meeting, especially one that is held outdoors to support or protest about something: There was a massive peace rally in London.
    summit a meeting between government leaders from important and powerful countries, to discuss important matters: A summit meeting of OPEC leaders was called to find a solution to the oil crisis. | next week’s economic summit
    caucus American English a local meeting of the members of a political party to choose people to represent them at a larger meeting, or to choose a candidate in an election: Obama won the Iowa caucus in 2007.
    teleconference/video conference a business meeting in which people in different places talk to each other using telephones or video equipment: The chairman held teleconferences with his senior managers.
    gathering/get-together a situation in which a group of people come together to meet, talk, and have drinks with each other, especially friends or family: We held a small family get-together to celebrate her birthday. | She arranged social gatherings in Kettering for young people on Saturday evenings.
    date an arrangement to meet someone who you are having, or hoping to have, a romantic relationship with: I think I might ask her out on a date.
    rendezvous a meeting where two people have arranged to meet at a particular time or place, often secretly: She arranged a rendezvous with him in the hotel bar.
    tryst literary a secret meeting between people who are having a romantic relationship: a good place for a moonlight tryst


trystBrE /trɪst/ 🔊NAmE /trɪst/ 🔊 noun (literary or humorous) a secret meeting between lovers (情人的)约会,幽会