1620s, "of Cyprus," from Latin Cyprianus, from Cyprius, from Greek Kyprios (see Cyprus). The island was famous in ancient times as the birthplace of Aphrodite and for erotic worship rituals offered to her there; hence Cyprian meant "licentious, lewd," the earliest attested sense in English (1590s) and was applied 18c.-19c. to prostitutes.
雙語例句
1. In the'Iliad'Aphrodite is called " the Cyprian " or " Cytherea ".
在《伊利亞特》詩中,阿芙羅狄蒂被稱為 “ 塞浦路斯女神 ” 或是 “ 雪薩莉亞 ”.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 百科語料821
2. Cyprian, for example, talks of exhibitions of shame and modesty.