cyprine

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A variety of tourmaline that contains copper, which gives it a unique blue color, also called cuprian elbaite. countable,uncountable
    — The fibrous copper-bearing variety cyprine was first observed by the author in 1905 in a small dump of unknown origin at the mouth of the Parker shaft.
  2. A fish from the taxonomic family Cyprinidae.
    — The mountain streams and upper reaches of the rivers are rich in trout, grayling and salmon, while the rivers of the plains abound in cyprine fish such as minnows, carp, huck, etc.
  3. Vaginal secretions that result from sexual arousal.
    — Older women who no longer menstruate, excited by the younger women's caresses, secrete enough cyprine to paint their bodies.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to the cypress.
    — Cyprine oil was made from the tree called cyprus in Egypt, according to Pliny.
  2. Of or pertaining to the carp.

词形变化

more cyprine comparative most cyprine superlative cyprines plural more cyprine comparative most cyprine superlative cyprines plural cyprines plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English cypress
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ine
English cyprine
From cypress + -ine.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Latin cyprium
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ine
English cyprine
From Latin cyprium (“copper”) + English -ine.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Latin cyprīnus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ine
English cyprine
From Latin cyprīnus (“a species of carp”) + English -ine.
词源 4
Ultimately from Ancient Greek κύπρις (kúpris, “an epithet of Aphrodite”) + -ine.
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