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).
例文
1. We didn 't have intercourse .
私たちは性的関係を持っていません。
2.The prosecution stated that intercourse had occurred on several occasions.
訴え側は何度も**が発生したと主張している。
3.The magazine becomes a cultural medium of intercourse between the two peoples.
同誌は両民族間の文化交流の媒体となっている。
4.There was close intercourse between them.
彼らは昔は密だった。
5.A friendly intercourse is opened between the most remote parts of the world.