intercourse

英 [ˈɪn.tə.kɔːs]      美 [ˈɪn.t̬ɚ.kɔːrs]
  • n. 性交;交往;交流
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将“intercourse”分解为“inter-”(表示“之间”)和“course”(表示“过程”或“行程”),想象两个“course”在“之间”进行,形成一个场景,从而帮助记忆其含义为“交流”或“性交”。

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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.