monogamous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /məˈnɒɡəməs/    美 /məˈnɑɡəməs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Involving marriage to one person at a time. not-comparable
    — Suppose, for example, that if polygamy were legal, 10 percent of adult men would take an average of three wives apiece and that all remaining marriages would be monogamous.
  2. Characterized by mutual sexual and romantic exclusively. not-comparable
  3. Exclusively engaging in mutually exclusive sexual/romantic partnership. not-comparable
  4. Having only one sexual partner at a time. not-comparable
  5. Monogamic; having a simple flower with united anthers. not-comparable

词汇关系

衍生词
monogamish monogamously monogamousness nonmonogamous trinogamous
相关词
monogamy polygamous

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mender.
Proto-Hellenic *mónwos
Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos)
Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der.
English mono-
English -gamous
English monogamous
From mono- + -gamous.
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