中文词源
sapphic 女同性恋的
来自拉丁语 Sapphicus,萨福的，来自 Sappho,萨福，古希腊伟大的女诗人，在 Lesbos 岛招收 女弟子开课讲学，在其作品中描述了其与女弟子之间的爱情故事和性生活。后借用该词指女 同性恋。参照 lesbian.
英语词源
- Sapphic (adj.)
- c. 1500, "of or pertaining to Sappho," from French saphique, from Latin Sapphicus, from Greek Sapphikos "of Sappho," in reference to Sappho, poetess of the isle of Lesbos c. 600 B.C.E. Especially in reference to her characteristic meter; sense of "pertaining to sexual relations between women" is from 1890s (compare lesbian).
权威例句
- 1. She was a lyric poet who developed her own particular meter , known as sapphic meter.
- 萨福是一位创造出了自己特有诗体的抒情诗人, 这种诗体被称作萨福体.