Strephon

n. 患相思病的人

词形变化

Strephons 复数 Strephons

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A pastoral male lover.

name
  1. 1.

    Masculine name traditionally used for the male lover in pastoral poetry.

词源

Used as the name of a rustic lover in Sir Philip Sidney's pastoral romance The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (published 1593), from the active present participle στρέφων (stréphōn) of Ancient Greek στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist, turn aside”, verb).

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