1650s, from missionary (adj.). Missionary position attested by 1963, said to have been coined by Kinsey (1948), who identified its origin in work done by Polish anthropologist Bronis?aw Malinowski in Melanesia in the 1920s; allegedly from the term used by South Pacific peoples to describe what Christian missionaries promoted to replace their local variations. By late 1960s it became the general term for this type of sex, formerly also known as the English-American position.
missionary (adj.)
"sent on a mission," 1640s, from Modern Latin missionarius "pertaining to a mission," from Latin missionem (see mission).
雙語例句
1. An American missionary was released today after more than two months of captivity.
一位美國傳教士在被關押兩個多月后于今天獲釋。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She had a kind of missionary zeal about bringing culture to the masses.
她對于向大眾傳播文化有著滿腔的熱忱。
來自柯林斯例句
3. NB The opinions stated in this essay do not necessarily represent those of the Church of God Missionary Society.
請注意：文中所述觀點并不代表傳教會的立場。
來自柯林斯例句
4. " We would like very much to have you for dinner, " as the cannibal said to the captured missionary.
嗜食人肉的人對被俘擄的傳教士說: “ 我們想設宴招待你(吃掉你) ”.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. I repeat I freely consent to go with you as your fellow - missionary.