intercourse
英 ['?nt?k??s]
美['?nt?k?rs]
- n. 性交；交往；交流
CET6TEM4考研中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?intercourses;
中文詞源
intercourse 交際，性交
inter-,在內，在中間，相互，course,跑動，跑道。即跑到一起，引申詞義交際，性交。
英文詞源
- intercourse (n.)
- mid-15c., "communication to and fro," from Old French entrecours "exchange, commerce," from Late Latin intercursus "a running between, intervention," from intercursus, past participle of intercurrere "to run between," from Latin inter- "between" (see inter-) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Meaning "sexual relations" first recorded 1798, from earlier sense "social contact and relations" (1540s).
雙語例句
- 1. We didn't have intercourse.
- 我們沒有發生性關系。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The prosecution stated that intercourse had occurred on several occasions.
- 控訴方稱發生過數次性交。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The magazine becomes a cultural medium of intercourse between the two peoples.
- 該雜志成為兩民族間文化交流的媒介.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. There was close intercourse between them.
- 他們過往很密.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. A friendly intercourse is opened between the most remote parts of the world.
- 相距極遠的兩國開始了一種親睦的邦交.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》