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单词 promiscuous
释义
promiscuouspro‧mis‧cu‧ous /prəˈmɪskjuəs/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINpromiscuous
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin promiscuus, from miscere ‘to mix’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Promiscuous men are rarely criticized as severely as promiscuous women.
  • Rumors spread through the school that Jill was promiscuous.
  • The survey found that single men aged 18--35 were more promiscuous than any other social group.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • I remain, firmly in defence of happily promiscuous hominids.
  • Just by definition, they're going to be promiscuous.
  • Men are promiscuous opportunists at heart and in their fantasies.
  • Some have attempted suicide; others have abused drugs or been sexually promiscuous.
  • The promiscuous princess quickly becomes a pawn.
  • The most promiscuous species end up a collage of different handicaps, ornaments, and gaudy blotches.
  • There are usually more females than males present on an infested person and the males are relatively promiscuous, mating frequently.
  • This sounds compelling and attractive but it can be promiscuous as well.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto have sex with a lot of people
informal to have sex with many different people over a period of time, usually without having a serious relationship with any of them: · I don't sleep around any more, not since I met Jack.· If you sleep around, you increase your risk of getting AIDS.
when someone has sex with someone without intending to have a serious relationship with them, especially when they do this many times: · I've only known you a few days Luke, and I don't go in for casual sex.· It wasn't difficult to pick up people for casual sex, but it was difficult to form any sort of relationship with someone.
someone who is promiscuous has sex with many different people, usually without having a serious relationship with any of them: · Promiscuous men are rarely criticized as severely as promiscuous women.· The survey found that single men aged 18--35 were more promiscuous than any other social group.
a wild party where people have sex with a lot of different people: · a wild drunken orgy· What do you think's going to happen? I'm not going to an orgy or anything.
also slag informal an insulting word for a woman who has sex with a lot of different men over a period of time - used to show strong disapproval: · He made me take off the red lipstick, saying it made me look like a slut.· That little slag slept with my husband.
informal a man who has sex with a lot of different women over a period of time - use this especially when the man is proud of his sexual activities: · Josh had a reputation of being the college stud.· A woman who behaves promiscuously is called a slut, but a man who behaves the same way is admiringly called a stud.
a woman who always wants to have sex or has sex with a lot of people, and is therefore considered morally bad: · Even these days, a woman who has a lot of boyfriends is labelled a "nymphomaniac'.
1having many sexual partners:  the risks of promiscuous sexual behaviour2old use involving a wide range of different thingspromiscuously adverbpromiscuity /ˌprɒməˈskjuːəti $ ˌprɑː-/ noun [uncountable]:  sexual promiscuity
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