intercourse
/ˈɪntəkɔːs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɪntərkɔːrs/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈin-tər-ˌkȯrs/ (ame, mw)
intercourse — 名詞
1. sexual activity between two people, especially in which a man's penis enters a w
性交；性行為
兩人之間的性行為，常指陰道性交
sexual activity between two people, especially in which a man's penis enters a woman's vagina.
The doctor asked Layla whether she had ever had unprotected intercourse.
醫生問 Layla 是否曾經有過無防護的性行為。
collocation: unprotected intercourse; have intercourse
The health teacher told the class that intercourse can pass on certain infections.
健康教育老師告訴全班，性行為可能會傳染某些疾病。
uncountable subject in a generic statement
Many religions traditionally teach that intercourse should happen only within marriage.
許多宗教傳統上認為，性行為只應該在婚姻之內發生。
Christopher and his wife wanted a baby and tracked the best days for intercourse.
Christopher 和太太想生小孩，特別記下最適合性交的日子。
- sex
everyday word; far more common in speech
- lovemaking
softer, more romantic register
- coitus
highly technical or medical
文法句型
sexual intercourse
have intercourse with
用法筆記
Almost always uncountable and used without an article. Frequently appears in the fixed phrase 'sexual intercourse' and the verb pattern 'have intercourse with someone'.
常見錯誤
2. talking and dealing with other people or groups, especially in a social, diploma
往來；交流
人或群體之間的社交、外交或商業接觸
talking and dealing with other people or groups, especially in a social, diplomatic, or commercial way; an old-fashioned use that today is mostly found in older books.
In the eighteenth century, regular intercourse between merchants helped many small ports grow rich.
在十八世紀，商人之間頻繁的往來，幫助許多小港口富裕起來。
intercourse between X — formal/historical use
The diary describes the writer's daily intercourse with neighbours in the small village.
日記描述了作者每天和小村莊鄰居之間的交流。
collocation: intercourse with people
After the war, the two countries slowly resumed diplomatic and commercial intercourse.
戰後，這兩個國家慢慢恢復了外交和商業上的往來。
The professor warned the students that modern readers easily misread 'intercourse' when it appears in a Jane Austen novel.
教授提醒學生，現代讀者讀珍奧斯汀的小說時，很容易誤解 intercourse 這個字。
- communication
neutral modern equivalent
- dealings
stresses practical or business contact
- exchange
stresses the back-and-forth of ideas or goods
- isolation
having no contact with others
文法句型
intercourse between X and Y
intercourse with
用法筆記
Strongly old-fashioned in modern English; nearly all everyday uses now mean sense 1. Distinguish from sense 1 by context: pairs with 'social', 'commercial', 'diplomatic', or 'between [groups]'.