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clitoris
🇺🇸 /klaɪtˈɔɹɪs/
clitoris 是指女性外阴前部的敏感勃起性器官,也可指某些雌性羊膜动物泄殖腔中相似的器官。
💡 记忆钩子
把 clitoris 记成外阴前部一个对触碰很敏感、能充血勃起的小型器官;在人类和其他哺乳动物中,它位于外阴前部,在某些雌性羊膜动物中则表现为泄殖腔内的相似结构。
📖 中文释义
noun
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rare 阴蒂📖 指人类女性以及其他雌性哺乳动物外阴前部的敏感勃起性性器官,属于生殖系统的解剖结构。💡 常用“the clitoris + 动词”或“动词 + the clitoris”的结构,例如表示检查、刺激或描述其位置。这个词主要用于医学、解剖学和健康教育语境;不要把它泛指为整个外阴或所有女性生殖器官。
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rare 雌性羊膜动物的类似器官📖 指某些雌性羊膜动物泄殖腔中与阴蒂相似的勃起性器官;这是把人类解剖概念延伸到动物学中的用法。💡 常见于“the clitoris of + 动物”或“某动物 has a clitoris”这类动物学描述。它属于专业生物学用语,不能随意用于所有雌性动物,因为该结构并非所有动物都具备。
clitorises
plural
clitorides
plural
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 1 组
a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
同义词集:
clitoris
clit
button
🌳 词源
源自后古典拉丁语 clītoris,来自通用希腊语,词源可能与“覆盖”有关,也可能指“小山丘”;具体解释并不完全确定。
From post-classical New Latin clītoris (16th century), from Koine Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís), probably from Ancient Greek κλείω (kleíō, “to sheathe, shut”), in reference to it being covered by the labia minora.
The related noun form κλείς (kleís) has a second meaning of "a key, a latch or hook (to close a door)." Wooden pegs were the original keys; a connection also revealed in Latin clavis (“nail”) and claudere (“to shut”) (see close). Some medical sources give a supposed Greek verb κλειτοριάζω (kleitoriázō, “touch or titillate lasciviously, tickle”) literally "to be inclined (toward pleasure)" (compare German Kitzler (“clitoris”, literally “tickler”), related to Greek κλειτύς (kleitús, “shut, closed”), a variant of κλιτύς (klitús, “hillside”), related to κλίνω (klínō, “to slope”), from the same root as κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder”). But many sources take κλειτορίς (kleitorís) literally as Ancient Greek "little hill".
🔄 变式
clitorides
plural
clitorises
plural
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