單詞
deflower
英 [di?'fla??]
美
基本信息
- vt. 摧毀…的花；奪去（少女）貞節(jié)；吸取精華；采花
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數:?deflowers;過去式:?deflowered;過去分詞:?deflowered;現在分詞:?deflowering;
中文詞源
deflower 奪去貞操
de-, 奪去，損毀。flower, 花。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- deflower (v.)
- late 14c., "deprive (a maiden) of her virginity," also "excerpt the best parts of (a book)," from Old French desflorer (13c., Modern French déflorer) "to deflower (a garden); to take the virginity of," from Late Latin deflorare, from de- (see de-) + flos "flower" (see flora). Notion is "to strip of flowers," hence "to ravish," which is the oldest sense in English.
The French Indians are said not to have deflowered any of our young women they captivated. [James Adair, "The Life of an Indian Trader," London, 1775]
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