• n. [動] 雌雄同體；陰陽人；兩性體；[植] 雌雄同株
• adj. [動] 雌雄同體的

來自希臘語Hermaphroditos,古希臘神話美少年，智慧神Hermes和愛神Aphrodite的兒子，因拒絕了山泉仙子Salmacis的愛意，在洗澡的時候被Salmacis偷襲失身，由于Salmacis愛的過于熱烈，她祈求眾神讓他們的身體合二為一，最終成為雌雄同體的人。Hermaphroditos滿腔悲憤時詛咒自此以后在這眼泉水洗澡的人都將變成陰陽人，即Salmacis fountain,現(xiàn)位于現(xiàn)土耳其境內(nèi)。對比《西游記》子母泉。

hermaphrodite

hermaphrodite: [15] Biologically a combination of male and female, hermaphrodite is etymologically a blend of the names of Hermes, the messenger of the Greek gods, and Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. According to Ovid Hermaphródītos, the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, was beloved of the nymph Salmacis with an ardour so strong that she prayed for complete union with him – with the result that their two bodies became fused into one, with dual sexual characteristics. English acquired the term via Latin hermaphrodītus.

hermaphrodite (n.)

late 14c. (harmofroditus), from Latin hermaphroditus, from Greek Hermaphroditos (Latin Hermaphroditus), son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who, in Ovid, was loved by the nymph Salmacis so ardently that she prayed for complete union with him and as a result they were united bodily, combining male and female characteristics. Also used figuratively in Middle English of "one who improperly occupies two offices." As a name for the condition, Middle English had hermofrodito (late 14c.), hermofrodisia (early 15c.). As an adjective, from c. 1600.

1. Some figures were hermaphrodite idols , with phalluses in their foreheads.

有些供膜拜的神像是雌雄同體,陽物長在前額.

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2. Most flatworms are hermaphrodite and, in tapeworms, self - fertilization usually takes place.

大多數(shù)的扁蟲雌雄同體, 絳蟲常常進行自體受精.

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3. Having only one type of sexual organ; not a hermaphrodite.

雌雄異體的只有一種類型性器官的; 不是雌雄同體的.

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4. Everyone at my school heard it. You were hermaphrodite cheerleader?

我的學校里每個人都聽過你就是那個雙性啦啦隊員?

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5. Or was she, perhaps hermaphrodite, with both male and female chromosomes?

或者,她也許是同時擁有男女雙性染色體的雙性人?

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