deflower
英 [diː'flaʊə]
美
- vt. 摧毁…的花；夺去（少女）贞节；吸取精华；采花
词态变化
第三人称单数: deflowers;过去式: deflowered;过去分词: deflowered;现在分词: deflowering;
中文词源
deflower 夺去贞操
de-, 夺去，损毁。flower, 花。比喻用法。
英文词源
- deflower (v.)
- late 14c., "deprive (a maiden) of her virginity," also "excerpt the best parts of (a book)," from Old French desflorer (13c., Modern French déflorer) "to deflower (a garden); to take the virginity of," from Late Latin deflorare, from de- (see de-) + flos "flower" (see flora). Notion is "to strip of flowers," hence "to ravish," which is the oldest sense in English.
The French Indians are said not to have deflowered any of our young women they captivated. [James Adair, "The Life of an Indian Trader," London, 1775]