| 释义 |
foreskin|ˈfɔəskɪn|
[f. fore- prefix + skin n.]
The prepuce.
1535Coverdale Exod. iv. 25 Then toke Zipora a stone, and circumcyded the foreskynne of hir sonne. 1643Milton Divorce ii. vi. (1851) 77 Not sparing the tender fore-skin of any male infant. 1712Swift Wonderful Proph. Wks. 1755 III. i. 174 The Free-thinkers..shall be converted to Judaism: and the Sultan shall receive the foreskins of Toland and Collins. 1804Abernethy Surg. Obs. 167 Sometimes..the disease shifts its ground and attacks the foreskin. 1868Chambers' Encycl. III. 50 The cutting off the foreskin..[is] a rite widely diffused among ancient and modern nations.
fig.1535Coverdale Jer. iv. 4 Be circumcided in the Lorde, and cut awaye the foreskynne of youre hertes. |