nubile
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈnjuːbaɪl/
美 /ˈnubaɪl/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A woman of marriageable age; a sexually attractive young woman
形容词 adj.
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Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
— "Pretty little thing, isn't she?" said Mrs. Budge huskily, and panted two or three times. "Yes," Denis nodded agreement. Sixteen, slender, but nubile, he said to himself, and laid up the phrase in his memory as a happy one.
- Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).
词源
词源 1
From French nubile, from Latin nūbilis (“marriageable”), from nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.
词源 2
From French nubile, from Latin nūbilis (“marriageable”), from nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.
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