1610s, from French hymen (16c.), from medical Latin, ultimately from Greek hymen "membrane (especially 'virginal membrane,' the membrane par excellence); thin skin," from PIE *syu-men-, from root *syu- "to bind, sew" (see sew). Originally any membrane; present specific meaning begins with Vesalius in the 1555 edition of De humani corporis fabrica. Apparently not directly connected to Hymen, the god of marriage, but sharing the same root and supposed to be related in folk etymology.
Hymen
1580s, Greek god of marriage, represented as a youth carrying a torch and a veil, perhaps etymologically "the joiner," literally "the one who sews" (two together); see hymen.
雙語例句
1. Among her children, but not by Hephaestus , were Eros, and Anteros , Hymen, and Hermaphroditus.
阿佛洛狄忒的孩子厄洛斯 、 安忒洛斯、許墨恩和赫耳瑪佛洛狄托斯, 都不是與赫費斯托斯所生.
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2. I actually first saw the book with a quality assurance hymen.
我倒是第一次看到附有品質保證書的處女膜.
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3. Objective To probe into the value of imperforate hymen diagnosed by ultrasound.
目的探討處女膜閉鎖的超聲診斷價值.
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4. What was and is the psychosocial significance of the hymen?
處女膜的心理社會學意義是什麼和曾經是什麼?
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5. In some cases , the hymen is even absent altogether.