lascivious

• adj. 好色的；淫蕩的；挑動情欲的

來自PIE*las,鬆軟的，缺乏管教的，詞源同lazy.引申詞義好色，淫蕩的，詞義演變比較wanton.

lascivious

lascivious: see lust

lascivious (adj.)

mid-15c., from Middle French lascivieux or directly from Late Latin lasciviosus (used in a scolding sense by Isidore and other early Church writers), from Latin lascivia "lewdness, playfulness, frolicsomeness, jolity," from lascivus "lewd, playful, frolicsome, wanton," from PIE *las-ko-, from *las- "to be eager, wanton, or unruly" (cognates: Sanskrit -lasati "yearns," lasati "plays, frolics," Hittite ilaliya- "to desire, covet," Greek laste "harlot," Old Church Slavonic laska "flattery," Slovak laska "love," Old Irish lainn "greedy," Gothic lustus, Old English lust "lust"). Related: Lasciviously; lasciviousness. In 17c. also with a verbal form, lasciviate.

1. The man was lascivious, sexually perverted and insatiable.

這個人是一個欲壑難填的變態色情狂。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Scaccia kept telling Humboldt that she was still in New York and doing lascivious thing.

斯卡西亞一直向洪堡報告,她仍然在紐約幹荒淫無恥的勾當.

來自辭典例句

3. In his old age Cato became lascivious and misconducted himself with a woman slave.

到了晚年,卡托沉溺於女色,跟一個女奴私通.

來自辭典例句

4. I was there to protect her from the importunities of lascivious men.

我在那裏保護她,不受那些好色男子的糾纏不休.

來自互聯網

5. Is lascivious online content, traditionally on top, losing its lustre?

在線淫穢內容曆來風行, 但如今漸入頹勢?

來自互聯網