俚语词。据说来自丑闻小说“Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure”,其中Fanny为Frances昵称。或可能直接来自对法国人的恶搞。比较French letter.
英文词源
fanny (n.)
"buttocks," 1920, American English, from earlier British meaning "vulva" (1879), perhaps from the name of John Cleland's heroine in the scandalous novel "Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" (1748). The fem. proper name is a diminutive of Frances. The genital sense is still the primary one outside U.S., but is not current in American English, a difference which can have consequences when U.S. TV programs and movies air in Britain.
实用例句
1. The penniless author successfully wooed and married Fanny.
这位一文不名的作家向范妮求爱成功，和她结了婚。
来自柯林斯例句
2. In England & quot ; fanny & quot ; is vulgar slang for female genitals.
在英格兰,“ fanny ”是对女性生殖器的粗鄙称谓.
来自互联网
3. Thomas flew into a cold fury, which Fanny observed with terror.
