cyprian的词源
英文词源
- Cyprian (adj.)
- 1620s, "of Cyprus," from Latin Cyprianus, from Cyprius, from Greek Kyprios (see Cyprus). The island was famous in ancient times as the birthplace of Aphrodite and for erotic worship rituals offered to her there; hence Cyprian meant "licentious, lewd," the earliest attested sense in English (1590s) and was applied 18c.-19c. to prostitutes.
中文词源
cyprian(淫荡之人):希腊神话中爱神的诞生地塞浦路斯
英语单词cyprian本意是“of Cyprus”(塞浦路斯的、塞浦路斯人)。塞浦路斯岛处于地中海东部,在希腊神话中是爱与美之神阿芙洛狄忒的诞生之地,在古代十分出名,常常举办各种性爱崇拜活动。因此,Cyprus(塞浦路斯)就与“色情”一词产生了紧密联系,它的衍生词cyprian也就与“色情”挂上了钩,大写时表示“塞浦路斯人”,小写时则表示“淫荡之人”。
Cyprus:['saiprəs] n.塞浦路斯
Cyprian:['sipriən] n.塞浦路斯人,塞浦路斯语adj.塞浦路斯的,塞浦路斯人的,塞浦路斯语的
cyprian:['sipriən] n.淫荡之人adj.淫荡的
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