pudendum

名词 n.
/pjʊˈdɛndəm/|/pjuːˈdɛndəm/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. External genital organs in a human; especially a woman's vulva. plural-normally
    — Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar.
  2. A person's genitals, mons pubis, anus, and buttocks collectively. in-plural
  3. A shameful part of something. figuratively

词形变化

pudenda plural

词源

From Latin pudenda (“that whereof one ought to feel shame”), substantive use of the neuter plural gerundive of pudet (“it shames”); in Latin the usage in the plural form (to mean external genitalia), was far more common than the singular form, as is also the case in English.
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