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callipygian的意思

callipygian

英 [,kl'pdn] 美 [,kl'pdn]
  • adj. 臀部线条匀称的(等于callipygous)

callipygian

英文词源


callipygian (adj.)
"of, pertaining to, or having beautiful buttocks," 1800, Latinized from Greek kallipygos, name of a statue of Aphrodite at Syracuse, from kalli-, combining form of kallos "beauty" (see Callisto) + pyge "rump, buttocks." Sir Thomas Browne (1646) refers to "Callipyg and women largely composed behinde."

双语例句


1. She wore thongs in her quest for the callipygian ideal.
她为了突出臀部线条而穿了丁字裤.

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