privates
privates — 名詞
1. a polite and not very direct way of talking about a person's sexual organs, espe
私處
對性器官的委婉說法
a polite and not very direct way of talking about a person's sexual organs, especially the ones on the outside of the body — for example, when speaking to children about body safety or to a doctor during a medical exam
The kindergarten teacher told the children to keep their privates covered.
幼兒園老師告訴孩子們要把私處遮好。
collocation: keep [one's] privates covered
During the checkup, Dr. Chen asked Bao if anyone had touched his privates.
健康檢查時，陳醫師問阿寶有沒有人碰過他的私處。
embedding in reported question: asked if + pronoun possessive
Yumi gently washed her son's privates with warm water during his bath.
Yumi 在洗澡時用溫水輕輕地幫兒子清洗私處。
After falling off his bike, Mauricio felt a sharp pain in his privates.
Mauricio 從腳踏車摔下來後，感到私處一陣劇痛。
The lifeguard reminded the teenagers to keep their privates covered with a towel.
救生員提醒青少年要用毛巾遮住私處。
- private parts
the full, more explicit version of the same polite expression
- genitals
the clinical or medical term; more formal and direct
- crotch
refers to the area of the body between the legs, not the organs themselves; more informal
文法句型
always plural
used with possessive: [someone's] privates
用法筆記
Always used in the plural — there is no singular form *a private* with this meaning. This word is common in conversations about body safety, hygiene, and medical checkups, especially when speaking with or about children. It is more polite than direct anatomical terms but less formal than clinical words like 'genitals'.