英语词汇“testicle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

testicle

/ˈtɛstɪk(ə)l

noun

Either of the two oval organs that produce sperm in men and other male mammals, enclosed in the scrotum behind the penis. Also called testis.

Synonyms

gonads

North American informal cojones

vulgar slang balls, knackers, nuts, rocks

British vulgar slang bollocks, goolies

Late Middle English: from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis 'a witness' (i.e. to virility).

The ancient Romans felt that a man's testicles testified that he was male. They formed the word testiculus from Latin testis ‘witness’, the source also of attest (late 16th century); detest (Late Middle English) which originally meant to denounce; protest (Late Middle English); testify (Late Middle English); and intestate (Late Middle English) ‘without a witnessed will’. The testicles were the ‘witnesses’ of the man's virility.

单词	testicle
释义	testicle /ˈtɛstɪk(ə)l / noun Either of the two oval organs that produce sperm in men and other male mammals, enclosed in the scrotum behind the penis. Also called testis. Synonyms gonads North American informal cojones vulgar slang balls, knackers, nuts, rocks British vulgar slang bollocks, goolies Origin Late Middle English: from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis 'a witness' (i.e. to virility). The ancient Romans felt that a man's testicles testified that he was male. They formed the word testiculus from Latin testis ‘witness’, the source also of attest (late 16th century); detest (Late Middle English) which originally meant to denounce; protest (Late Middle English); testify (Late Middle English); and intestate (Late Middle English) ‘without a witnessed will’. The testicles were the ‘witnesses’ of the man's virility.
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