intercourse
英 [ˈɪn.tə.kɔːs]
美 [ˈɪn.t̬ɚ.kɔːrs]
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。
- 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).
- 1. We didn't have intercourse.
- 我们没有发生性关系。
- 2. The prosecution stated that intercourse had occurred on several occasions.
- 控诉方称发生过数次性交。
- 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.
- 4. There was close intercourse between them.
- 他们过往很密.
- 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.