fanny

['fæni]

扩展词汇

复数: fannies;

fanny 阴部

俚语词。据说来自丑闻小说“Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure”,其中Fanny为Frances昵称。或可能直接来自对法国人的恶搞。比较French letter.

fanny (n.): "buttocks," 1920, American English, from earlier British meaning "vulva" (1879), perhaps from the name of John Cleland's heroine in the scandalous novel "Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" (1748). The fem. proper name is a diminutive of Frances. The genital sense is still the primary one outside U.S., but is not current in American English, a difference which can have consequences when U.S. TV programs and movies air in Britain.

1. The penniless author successfully wooed and married Fanny.: 这位一文不名的作家向范妮求爱成功，和她结了婚。

2. In England & quot ; fanny & quot ; is vulgar slang for female genitals.: 在英格兰,“ fanny ”是对女性生殖器的粗鄙称谓.

3. Thomas flew into a cold fury, which Fanny observed with terror.: Fanny看见Thomas勃然大怒, 心里害怕极了.