missionary

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɪʃ.ən(ə).ɹɪ/    美 /ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is sent on a mission. countable,uncountable
    — Near-synonym: emissary
  2. A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity). countable,uncountable
    — A missionary was just trying to convert me to his religion.
  3. A religious messenger. countable,derogatory,uncountable
  4. The missionary position for sexual intercourse. uncountable
    — My boyfriend only cums during missionary.
  5. Sexual intercourse in the missionary position. slang,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Relating to a (religious) mission. not-comparable

词形变化

missionaries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antimissionary missionaries and cannibals problem missionarily missionary bishop missionarying missionaryism missionaryize missionarylike missionary-linguist missionary linguist missionary position missionary rector missionaryship missionary zeal nonmissionary premissionary unmissionary
相关词
emissary emission

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English mission
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusder.
Middle English -arie
English -ary
English missionary
From mission + -ary.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English mission
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusder.
Middle English -arie
English -ary
English missionary
From mission + -ary.
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