venery
英['ven(?)r?]
美['v?n?ri]
- n. 性欲，縱欲；狩獵
中文詞源
venery 性欲；狩獵
這個單詞與羅馬神話中的愛與美之神Venus維納斯同根，表渴望、欲望等，與日耳曼詞源的win同源。狩獵想要得到venison野味，縱欲想要有女人。狩獵可能受傷或死亡，獵艷可能會得venereal disease性病。venereal [v??n??ri?l] adj.性病的；性交的；由性交傳染的。
英文詞源
- venery (n.1)
- "pursuit of sexual pleasure," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin veneria "sexual intercourse," from Latin venus (genitive veneris) "sexual love, sexual desire" (see Venus). In earlier use it may have been felt as a play on now obsolete homonym venery (n.2) "practice or sport of hunting, the chase." Related: Venereous.
- venery (n.2)
- "hunting, the sports of the chase," early 14c., from Old French venerie, from Medieval Latin venaria "beasts of the chase, game," from Latin venari "to hunt, pursue" (see venison).