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zoophilia的意思

zoophilia

基本解释

n. 嗜兽癖;动物爱好

英文词源

zoophilia (n.)
"attraction to animals involving release of sexual energy," 1899, in a translation of Krafft-Ebing, from zoo- "animal" + -philia. "[F]ormerly not implying sexual intercourse or bestiality" [OED]. The meaning "sympathy or tender care for living creatures" is in the nativized formation zoophily (1886).