philander英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A lover.

— Yes, I'll baste you together, you and your Philander!
A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, of species Caluromys philander (syn. Didelphis philander).
A greater bilby, an Australian marsupial of species Macrotis lagotis (syn. Perameles lagotis). obsolete

动词 v.

To woo women; to play the male flirt. intransitive

— You can't be philandering after her again.

词形变化

philanders plural philanders present,singular,third-person philandering participle,present philandered participle,past philandered past

词汇关系

衍生词

philanderess philanderous

词源

词源 1

From the given name Philander, used as a name for flirtatious characters in several 18th century stories, from Ancient Greek Φίλανδρος (Phílandros), name of the mythological son of the nymph Acacallis and the god Apollo. Semantically disconnected from the adjective φίλανδρος (phílandros, “loving one’s husband; excessively attracted to males, slutty, boy crazy”).

词源 2

From the given name Philander, used as a name for flirtatious characters in several 18th century stories, from Ancient Greek Φίλανδρος (Phílandros), name of the mythological son of the nymph Acacallis and the god Apollo. Semantically disconnected from the adjective φίλανδρος (phílandros, “loving one’s husband; excessively attracted to males, slutty, boy crazy”).