sheela-na-gig

短语

词形变化

sheela-na-gigs 复数 sheela-na-gigs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A carving of a naked woman with an exaggerated vulva, found in old British and Irish architecture, perhaps used to ward off death and evil.

词源

From Irish Síle na gcíoch (“Julia of the breasts”). Attested in English from the 19th century.

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