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Cyprian是什么意思

Cyprian

英 ['sipriən] 美
  • 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

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.

双语例句


1. In the'Iliad'Aphrodite is called " the Cyprian " or " Cytherea ".
在《伊利亚特》诗中,阿芙罗狄蒂被称为 “ 塞浦路斯女神 ” 或是 “ 雪萨莉亚 ”.

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2. Cyprian, for example, talks of exhibitions of shame and modesty.
例如, 希普林曾谈到羞愧跟谦逊的展示.

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