erection

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n. 直立, 竖起, 建筑物 [化] 装配

发音

US
UK /ɪˈɹɛkʃən/

词形变化

erections 复数 erections

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of building or putting up or together of something.

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    Anything erected or built.

    可数 不可数

    The Empire State Building was once the world's tallest erection.

  3. 3.

    Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities.

    可数 不可数 宗教
  4. 4.

    The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.

    不可数 医学 可数

    There are men who say they cannot bear to show themselves naked before women unless in a state of erection; and indeed through erection the flesh becomes activity, potency, […]

  5. 5.

    The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.

    不可数 医学 可数
  6. 6.

    A penis or clitoris that is erect.

    勃起

    扯旗

    可数 不可数

    He placed his newspaper on his lap to hide his erection.

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词源

Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnis, noun of action from perfect passive participle ērectus, from verb erigō, from prefix ē- (“out of”) + regō, + action suffix -iō.

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