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单词 venereal
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Definition of venereal in English:

venereal

adjective vɪˈnɪərɪəlvəˈnɪriəl
  • 1Relating to sexual desire or sexual intercourse.

    (与)性欲(有关)的;(与)性交(有关)的

    the venereal act
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Natalie turned her face away at this venereal comment, mostly to hide the blush as she imagined the scene in her head.
    • Streetwalkers are a venereal roulette wheel, but come a lot cheaper.
    • For Tancred and Poussin alike, the literal wounds of passion, whether martial or venereal, have been succored by true charity and enduring love.
    • On the venereal horror front, David Cronenberg's 1977 Rabid was recently released on DVD, complete with director's commentary.
    • Fracastoro could not resolve the origins of syphilis and didn't even recognize its venereal mode of transmission.
    Synonyms
    sexual, sensual, erotic, lustful, lascivious, libidinous, lecherous, licentious, lewd, prurient, salacious, coarse, gross, lubricious
    1. 1.1 Relating to venereal disease.
      (与)性病(有关)的
      a steady increase in venereal infection
      a plague struck the Israelites which could have been venereal in origin
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the late 1870s the Royal Navy refused to visit, because of the virulence of venereal infection.
      • Genital warts, also known as condylomata acuminata or venereal warts, are one of the most common types of sexually transmitted diseases.
      • Gonorrhea is a very common venereal disease caused by a bacterium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
      • An appalling number of venereal infections are caused by quite young girls who seem, on the surface, perfectly fit companions for decent lads.
      • This compounded product is used for chemical peels, actinic keratoses, and venereal warts.
      • Transmission is by direct venereal skin-to-skin contact, and 95% of sexual contacts of an active carrier will develop an infestation.
      • These may be caused by inflammatory bowel disease, local or systemic malignancy, venereal infection, trauma, tuberculosis, or chemotherapy.
      • Medics also found that venereal disease increased alarmingly as the troops moved closer to Philippine urban centers.
      • Their personal habits are so filthy, that I suspected that venereal disease was wide-spread among them.
      • In WW I just over one-quarter of the diseases for which British soldiers were hospitalized were venereal.
      • Even then, you could be at risk for spreading or catching diseases that don't depend strictly on genital contact, such as herpes or venereal warts.
      • Genital warts, sometimes called venereal warts, are contracted through sexual contact.

Derivatives

  • venereally

  • adverb
    • Genital infections are spread venereally, and respiratory infections usually by inhalation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Only a few years ago, genital herpes as a virus infection was little known and not even considered as a venereally acquired disease.
      • That has only been recorded once before in the animal world, and that was a venereally transmitted canine cancer.
      • CEM is a venereally transmitted bacterial disease of horses.
      • It is the less obvious venereally transmitted bacteria that some specialists denounce as the culprits.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin venereus (from venus, vener- 'sexual love') + -al.

Rhymes

arterial, bacterial, cereal, criterial, ethereal, ferial, funereal, immaterial, imperial, magisterial, managerial, material, ministerial, presbyterial, serial, sidereal, biomaterial

Definition of venereal in US English:

venereal

adjectivevəˈnɪriəlvəˈnirēəl
  • 1Relating to sexual desire or sexual intercourse.

    (与)性欲(有关)的;(与)性交(有关)的

    the venereal act
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Streetwalkers are a venereal roulette wheel, but come a lot cheaper.
    • On the venereal horror front, David Cronenberg's 1977 Rabid was recently released on DVD, complete with director's commentary.
    • Natalie turned her face away at this venereal comment, mostly to hide the blush as she imagined the scene in her head.
    • For Tancred and Poussin alike, the literal wounds of passion, whether martial or venereal, have been succored by true charity and enduring love.
    • Fracastoro could not resolve the origins of syphilis and didn't even recognize its venereal mode of transmission.
    Synonyms
    sexual, sensual, erotic, lustful, lascivious, libidinous, lecherous, licentious, lewd, prurient, salacious, coarse, gross, lubricious
    1. 1.1 Relating to venereal disease.
      (与)性病(有关)的
      a steady increase in venereal infection
      a plague struck the Israelites which could have been venereal in origin
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Transmission is by direct venereal skin-to-skin contact, and 95% of sexual contacts of an active carrier will develop an infestation.
      • In WW I just over one-quarter of the diseases for which British soldiers were hospitalized were venereal.
      • Genital warts, also known as condylomata acuminata or venereal warts, are one of the most common types of sexually transmitted diseases.
      • These may be caused by inflammatory bowel disease, local or systemic malignancy, venereal infection, trauma, tuberculosis, or chemotherapy.
      • In the late 1870s the Royal Navy refused to visit, because of the virulence of venereal infection.
      • Even then, you could be at risk for spreading or catching diseases that don't depend strictly on genital contact, such as herpes or venereal warts.
      • Medics also found that venereal disease increased alarmingly as the troops moved closer to Philippine urban centers.
      • Genital warts, sometimes called venereal warts, are contracted through sexual contact.
      • Their personal habits are so filthy, that I suspected that venereal disease was wide-spread among them.
      • This compounded product is used for chemical peels, actinic keratoses, and venereal warts.
      • An appalling number of venereal infections are caused by quite young girls who seem, on the surface, perfectly fit companions for decent lads.
      • Gonorrhea is a very common venereal disease caused by a bacterium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin venereus (from venus, vener- ‘sexual love’) + -al.

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