houri

n. 天堂女神, 迷人的美女

发音

UK /ˈhʊəɹi/
其它
UK /ˈhaʊəri/
US /ˈhʊɹ.i/
US /ˈhu.ɹi/

词形变化

houries houris 复数 houris

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful.

    天女

    天仙

    宗教
  2. 2.

    Any voluptuous, beautiful woman.

    引申义

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

nymph

上位词 1

woman

词源

From French houri, from Persian حوری (hurî), from Arabic حُورِيّ (ḥūriyy) and Arabic حُورِيَّة (ḥūriyya), adjective and feminine singulative of حُور (ḥūr) from Classical Arabic حُورٌ عِينٌ (ḥūrun ʕīnun, “fair maidens, black-eyed ones”). See أَحْوَر m (ʔaḥwar), حَوْرَاء f (ḥawrāʔ) for the base adjective.

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