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A come-on is something a person does on purpose to make someone else sexually interested in them — a look, a line, a touch, a way of standing too close. It is informal. You might say someone was giving you a come-on, or that a smile was a come-on.
A come-on is something a person does on purpose to make someone else sexually interested in themcome-on是一個人故意做出來、想讓對方對自己產生性方面興趣的舉動 — a look, a line, a touch, a way of standing too close一個眼神、一句話、一個碰觸,或是站得太靠近的方式。It is informal這是非正式用語。You might say someone was giving you a come-on, or that a smile was a come-on你可能會說某人在對你放電,或是說一個微笑就是個come-on。
Though actually, the other person may not agree it was a come-on at all; that is why the word can sound a little sharp, as if you are naming an aim the speaker may not admit. It is not a sweet or romantic word; it is the word for a signal with a sexual pull.
Though actually, the other person may not agree it was a come-on at all不過其實對方可能根本不同意那是come-on;that is why the word can sound a little sharp, as if you are naming an aim the speaker may not admit這就是為什麼這個詞聽起來有點尖銳,好像在點名說話的人自己不肯承認的意圖。It is not a sweet or romantic word這不是個甜蜜或浪漫的詞;it is the word for a signal with a sexual pull它指的是帶有性吸引意味的暗示。
Do not mix it with the everyday phrase Come on! — that one urges a person to hurry, try, or stop being silly, and it has no and no sexual meaning.
Do not mix it with the everyday phrase Come on!不要跟日常用語「Come on!」搞混 — that one urges a person to hurry, try, or stop being silly那句話是在催人快一點、試試看,或叫人別鬧了,and it has no hyphen and no sexual meaning沒有連字號,也沒有性方面的意思。
組成A noun made from the phrasal verb come on (to). First used around 1897.
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- come onthe verb phrase this noun was made from; to come on to someone is to show sexual interest
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
come-onnoun/ˈkʌmˌɑn/
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informalSomething intended to attract, as in an advertisement.
- The free offers are just come-ons to get you in the store so the sales staff can work on you.
- He's got a come-on from New Jersey that I'm to steer to the turning joint.
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informalA statement or sometimes an action reflecting sexual or romantic interest.
- I thought he'd asked me to lunch to discuss business; I wasn't expecting a come-on.
- I come looking for a job But I get no offers Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
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slangentertainmentlifestyletheaterA bad actor whose talents do not extend far beyond walking onto the stage.
- When the public no longer rushed to the box-office to buy such synthetic exaltations of the spirit, pitchmen like Jerome K. Jerome and the aforesaid Kennedy got out their theopathic apparatus and had at the trade with elixirs in which actors, their faces chalked into a pallor exceeding Nicky Arnstein's, were programmed as A Stranger, A Wayfarer, or Manson and, by conducting themselves for the major portion of two hours like overly verbose and objectionable pallbearers, peculiarly persuaded the come-ons that they were replicas of Christ and that the rest of the cast, a bunch of low-lifes, were converted to the faith by them.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。