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单词 houri
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hourin.

Brit. /ˈhʊəri/, /ˈhaʊəri/, U.S. /ˈhuri/
Etymology: < French houri (1654 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Persian ḥūrī, < Arabic ḥūr plural of ḥaurā' (feminine), in ḥūr-al-ʿayūn (females) gazelle-like in the eyes, < ḥawira to be black-eyed like a gazelle.
A nymph of the Muslim Paradise. Hence applied allusively to a voluptuously beautiful woman.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > nymph in Muslim paradise
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person > beautiful person > beautiful woman
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1745 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) I. 343 Handsomer than one of the houris.
1749 S. Johnson Irene iv. v. 60 Suspend thy Passage to the Seats of Bliss, Nor wish for Houries in Irene's Arms.
1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xii. 19 Secure in paradise to be By Houris loved immortally.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. viii. 148 What is she, Isaac? Thy wife or thy daughter, that Eastern houri that thou lockest under thy arm?
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xiii. 123 This speech somewhat softened the incensed Houri of Mr. Gordon's Paradise.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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