nubile

英 ['nju?ba?l] 美['nj?b?l]

GRE暢通詞匯

nubile 適婚的，迷人的

來自拉丁語nubo,結(jié)婚，新婚，來自PIE*sne,縫紉，編織，詞源同needle,net.引申詞義結(jié)合，結(jié)婚。即如將要結(jié)婚的新娘，美麗的，迷人的。

nubile: nubile: [17] In modern English, nubile is generally used as a facetious synonym for ‘sexy, attractive’, but etymologically it means ‘suitable for marriage’. It comes from Latin nūbilis, a derivative of nūbere ‘take a husband’. This has also given English nuptial [15] and connubial [17], and is related to nymph.
=> connubial, nuptial, nymph
nubile (adj.): 1640s, "marriageable" (said of a woman), from French nubile (16c.) or directly from Latin nubilis "marriageable," from stem of nubere "take as husband" (see nuptial). In sense of "young and sexually attractive" from 1973. Related: Nubility.

1. Supermodel Jane Bracknel plays a nubile temptress out to seduce him.: 超級名模簡·布拉克內(nèi)爾扮演一個性感女郎來勾引他。

2. What is this current television obsession with older men and nubile young women?: 現(xiàn)在的電視節(jié)目為什么這么喜歡描寫老男人和妙齡性感女郎的故事呢？

3. Rich old men often like to be surrounded by nubile young women.: 一些上了年紀(jì)的富翁總喜歡被到了適婚年齡的年輕女人圍繞。

4. They aim their advice squarely at nubile girls who have falsely equated romantic love with happiness.: 其目的是如實地建議就要結(jié)婚的女孩,不要錯誤地認(rèn)為,浪漫的愛情就是幸福.