metrosexual

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general. dated
    — Reports of the "death" of my Frankenstein's monster with perfect skin, the metrosexual, have been greatly exaggerated. In Europe and the UK at least, it seems he's alive and looking very well in his lovely new eyeliner.
  2. A heterosexual man who is seen, sociologically, as having attributes common to homosexuals. dated
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to a metrosexual or the metrosexual lifestyle. dated
    — But one question stuck out beyond all the others. What on earth would a metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln look like?

词形变化

metrosexuals plural more metrosexual comparative most metrosexual superlative

词汇关系

近义词
boulevardier dandy (19th Century) fop (19th Century) dude dood man about town masher dandy sensualist

词源

词源 1
Blend of metropolitan + heterosexual, equivalent to metro- + -sexual. Coined by British writer Mark Simpson in 1994, it enjoyed a brief popularity in the early 2000s.
词源 2
Blend of metropolitan + heterosexual, equivalent to metro- + -sexual. Coined by British writer Mark Simpson in 1994, it enjoyed a brief popularity in the early 2000s.
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