celibate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community. uncountable
    — Even during the ages that priestly marriage was permitted, celibates obtained a higher reputation for sanctity and virtue than married priests, who infinitely more than celibates were believed subject to infestation by demons.
  2. A celibate state; celibacy. obsolete,uncountable
    — He […] preferreth holy Cœlibate before the eſtate of Marriage, […]
动词 v.
  1. To practice celibacy. intransitive,rare
    — However, be that as it may, Stason celebrated with the boys while Hessel celibated alone.
形容词 adj.
  1. Not married. not-comparable
  2. Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures. broadly,not-comparable
    — Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate.

词形变化

cælibate alternative,archaic cœlibate alternative,archaic cælibate alternative,archaic cœlibate alternative,archaic celibates present,singular,third-person celibating participle,present celibated participle,past celibated past cælibate alternative,archaic cœlibate alternative,archaic cælibate alternative,archaic cœlibate alternative,archaic

词汇关系

近义词
celibate celibatist abstinent
反义词
copulator libertine sexual partner person
下位词
incel volcel herbivore man grasseater
衍生词
celibatarian celibately celibatist incelibate noncelibate
相关词
celibacy virgin

词源

词源 1
Probably from the noun (“celibacy”) or from celibacy on the model of privacy/private, etc. Alternatively, from Latin caelebs (“single”) + -ate.
词源 2
From Latin caelebs + -ate (noun-forming suffix)
词源 3
From Latin caelebs + -ate (verb-forming suffix)
词源 4
From French célibat (“celibacy”), from Latin caelibātus (“celibacy”), from caelebs (“unmarried”); compare German Zölibat (“celibacy”). Equivalent to Latin caelebs + -ate (forming nouns denoting a rank, a state)
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