英语词典 · 单词释义
intercourse
英 ['ɪntəkɔːs] 美 ['ɪntɚkɔrs]
这里集中整理“intercourse”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 性交；交往；交流
延伸内容
词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: intercourses;
中文词源
intercourse 交际，性交
inter-,在内，在中间，相互，course,跑动，跑道。即跑到一起，引申词义交际，性交。
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. We didn't have intercourse.
- 我们没有发生性关系。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The prosecution stated that intercourse had occurred on several occasions.
- 控诉方称发生过数次性交。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The magazine becomes a cultural medium of intercourse between the two peoples.
- 该杂志成为两民族间文化交流的媒介.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. There was close intercourse between them.
- 他们过往很密.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. A friendly intercourse is opened between the most remote parts of the world.
- 相距极远的两国开始了一种亲睦的邦交.
来自《简明英汉词典》