night-stand

基本解释

Would you take the idea home to meet the parents or is it just a one-night-stand?
你这个创意的核心是不是一个很真诚的观点或真理？
My life has been so stressful lately, I just want to go out with some friends, meet somebody and have a one-night-stand: nothing serious.
我的生活压力大，只想和朋友出去，认识更多的人，没有什么大不了的。
On the following morning the old man found a thousand-franc bank-note on his night-stand, with these words in Father Madeleine's writing: "I purchase your horse and cart."
第二天早晨，那老头子在床头小桌上发现一张一千法郎的票据和马德兰伯伯亲笔写的一句话：“我买您的车和马。”

The film itself opens to Puss tip-toeing quietly away from a one-night-stand with another cat.
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A nightstand is a small table usually with shelves or drawers, that you have next to your bed.