| 单词 | missionary position |
| 释义 | missionary position[ mish-uh-ner-ee puh-zish-uhn ] / ˈmɪʃ ə nɛr i pəˌzɪʃ ən / nouna face-to-face sex position in which a heterosexual couple lies flat with the male on top, or a same-sex couple lies in a similar, supine-to-prone position. Also called mis·sion·ar·y . Origin of missionary positionFirst recorded in 1945–50; so called because it was allegedly advocated by Christian missionaries working among Indigenous peoples Words nearby missionary positionmissing mass, missiology, mission, missionary, missionary apostolic, missionary position, Missionary Ridge, mission control, mission creep, missioner, missionize Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for missionary positionmissionary position nouninformal a position for sexual intercourse in which the man lies on top of the woman and they are face to face Word Origin for missionary positionC20: from the belief that missionaries advocated this as the proper position to primitive peoples among whom it was unknown Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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