中文词源
salacious 淫秽的，色情的
来自拉丁语 salax,性欲旺盛的，来自 salire,跳，词源同 salient,sally,result.-acious,形容词后缀， 词源同 sagacious.比喻用法，引申词义性交。
英语词源
- salacious
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salacious: see salient
- salacious (adj.)
- 1660s, from Latin salax (genitive salacis) "lustful," probably originally "fond of leaping," as in a male animal leaping on a female in sexual advances, from salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). Earliest form of the word in English is salacity (c. 1600). Related: Salaciously; salaciousness.
权威例句
- 1. The newspapers once again filled their columns with salacious details.
- 赤裸裸的猥亵细节再度充斥了报纸的版面。
- 2. The male proboscis monkey has a pendulous vaguely salacious Jimmy Durante nose.
- 这种雄性长鼻猴长着一个下垂的、看上去有些色迷迷的大鼻子.
- 3. Reiter said Beardsley Alford would not by serving up salacious details of the affair.
- 雷特说:比尔兹利·阿尔弗德并不打算提供事情的情色细节.