mid-15c., "communication to and fro," from Old French entrecours "exchange, commerce," from Late Latin intercursus "a running between, intervention," from intercursus, past participle of intercurrere "to run between," from Latin inter- "between" (see inter-) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Meaning "sexual relations" first recorded 1798, from earlier sense "social contact and relations" (1540s).
双语例句
1. We didn't have intercourse.
我们没有发生性关系。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The prosecution stated that intercourse had occurred on several occasions.
控诉方称发生过数次**。
来自《权威词典》
3. The magazine becomes a cultural medium of intercourse between the two peoples.
该杂志成为两民族间文化交流的媒介.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. There was close intercourse between them.
他们过往很密.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. A friendly intercourse is opened between the most remote parts of the world.