英単語

intercourseの意味・使い方・発音

intercourse

英 ['ɪntəkɔːs] 美 ['ɪntɚkɔrs]
  • n. 性交; 交接; コミュニケーション

語源


intercourse 性交

inter-,内,中,間,コース,走る,走る。すなわち、一緒に走る、派生性交、性交。

英語の語源


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).

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.
離れた両国は親睦的な国交を始めた。

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