释义 |
noun ˈvɛn(ə)riˈvɛnəri mass nounarchaic Sexual indulgence. 〈古〉纵欲 not a few of them engaged in venery Example sentencesExamples - Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation.
- And further, it is greatly irritated by constant contact with the clothing and stimulates venery and coitus.
- Art, literature and music have amplified this veneration for venery.
- What is reading but a vice, like drink or venery or any other form of excessive self-indulgence?
OriginLate Middle English: from medieval Latin veneria, from venus, vener- 'sexual love'. Rhymesantennary, bimillenary, millenary noun ˈvɛn(ə)riˈvɛnəri mass nounarchaic Hunting. 〈古〉狩猎 Example sentencesExamples - So we are, as Phil said, more concerned with the art of venery rather than the galloping over other people's land.
- We feel that it is one of the finest hunts of venery that we actually see.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French venerie, from vener 'to hunt', from Latin venari. nounˈvɛnəri archaic Sexual indulgence. 〈古〉纵欲 not a few of them engaged in venery Example sentencesExamples - Art, literature and music have amplified this veneration for venery.
- Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation.
- And further, it is greatly irritated by constant contact with the clothing and stimulates venery and coitus.
- What is reading but a vice, like drink or venery or any other form of excessive self-indulgence?
OriginLate Middle English: from medieval Latin veneria, from venus, vener- ‘sexual love’. nounˈvɛnəri archaic Hunting. 〈古〉狩猎 Example sentencesExamples - So we are, as Phil said, more concerned with the art of venery rather than the galloping over other people's land.
- We feel that it is one of the finest hunts of venery that we actually see.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French venerie, from vener ‘to hunt’, from Latin venari. |