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salacious

英 [sə'leɪʃəs] 美 [sə'leʃəs]

解释

adj. 好色的；猥亵的；淫荡的

※ 提供单词"salacious"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

salacious 淫秽的，色情的

来自拉丁语 salax,性欲旺盛的，来自 salire,跳，词源同 salient,sally,result.-acious,形容词后缀，词源同 sagacious.比喻用法。

英文词源

salacious: salacious: see salient
salacious (adj.): 1660s, from Latin salax (genitive salacis) "lustful," probably originally "fond of leaping," as in a male animal leaping on a female in sexual advances, from salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). Earliest form of the word in English is salacity (c. 1600). Related: Salaciously; salaciousness.

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例句和用法

1. The newspapers once again filled their columns with salacious details.: 赤裸裸的猥亵细节再度充斥了报纸的版面。

2. The male proboscis monkey has a pendulous vaguely salacious Jimmy Durante nose.: 这种雄性长鼻猴长着一个下垂的、看上去有些色迷迷的大鼻子.

3. Reiter said Beardsley Alford would not by serving up salacious details of the affair.: 雷特说:比尔兹利·阿尔弗德并不打算提供事情的**细节.