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单词 priapic
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Definition of priapic in English:

priapic

adjective prʌɪˈapɪkpraɪˈæpɪk
  • 1Relating to or resembling a phallus.

    priapic carvings
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For those visitors who feel their masculinity under threat if they stare too long at pretty flowers, the soaring, priapic trees are thoroughly impressive.
    • Met Sten at the station, as arranged, beside a big and rather odd statue of what looks like a couple dancing on top of the heads of much larger naked and priapic figures and various complicated symbolic instruments.
    • My late grandparents lived in Cerne Abbas, a picture-postcard-perfect village which nestles under Giant's Hill, home of that famously priapic ancient chalk carving, the Cerne Giant.
    • Fresh oysters, priapic asparagus, Italian waiters; all these suggest a dining experience with added aphrodisiac qualities.
    • Bringing the subtext of the antique painting and its copies to the fore, the artist has depicted women coming to a priapic fountain to buy winged, straining phalli from an old procuress.
    • Surprisingly big, too - as is the priapic local landmark, the Cerne Abbas giant, who stands proudly overlooking the village from the north.
    • ‘I can't look at this painting without blushing,’ she says, showing me a colour photocopy of one of Kahlo's lush phallic portrayals of a priapic vegetable.
    1. 1.1 Relating to male sexuality and sexual activity.
      the spirit of these pages is downright priapic
    2. 1.2Medicine (of a man) having a persistently erect penis.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A priapic erection lasting for longer than 3 or 4 hours can do lasting damage to spongy tissues of penis, making further erection impossible, so appropriate action is to consult your doctor if there is no improvement in 2 hours.
      • A Priapic episode is both a painful and embarrassing condition, made all the worse by current social stigmas against its sufferers.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Priapos (Greek form of Priapus) + -ic.

 
 

Definition of priapic in US English:

priapic

adjectivepraɪˈæpɪkprīˈapik
  • 1Relating to or resembling a phallus.

    priapic carvings
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Met Sten at the station, as arranged, beside a big and rather odd statue of what looks like a couple dancing on top of the heads of much larger naked and priapic figures and various complicated symbolic instruments.
    • Surprisingly big, too - as is the priapic local landmark, the Cerne Abbas giant, who stands proudly overlooking the village from the north.
    • Bringing the subtext of the antique painting and its copies to the fore, the artist has depicted women coming to a priapic fountain to buy winged, straining phalli from an old procuress.
    • Fresh oysters, priapic asparagus, Italian waiters; all these suggest a dining experience with added aphrodisiac qualities.
    • My late grandparents lived in Cerne Abbas, a picture-postcard-perfect village which nestles under Giant's Hill, home of that famously priapic ancient chalk carving, the Cerne Giant.
    • For those visitors who feel their masculinity under threat if they stare too long at pretty flowers, the soaring, priapic trees are thoroughly impressive.
    • ‘I can't look at this painting without blushing,’ she says, showing me a colour photocopy of one of Kahlo's lush phallic portrayals of a priapic vegetable.
    1. 1.1 Relating to male sexuality and sexual activity.
      priapic cartoons
    2. 1.2Medicine (of a male) having a persistently erect penis.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A priapic erection lasting for longer than 3 or 4 hours can do lasting damage to spongy tissues of penis, making further erection impossible, so appropriate action is to consult your doctor if there is no improvement in 2 hours.
      • A Priapic episode is both a painful and embarrassing condition, made all the worse by current social stigmas against its sufferers.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Priapos (Greek form of Priapus) + -ic.

 
 
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