1660s, from Latin salax (genitive salacis) "lustful," probably originally "fond of leaping," as in a male animal leaping on a female in sexual advances, from salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). Earliest form of the word in English is salacity (c. 1600). Related: Salaciously; salaciousness.
实用例句
1. The newspapers once again filled their columns with salacious details.
赤裸裸的猥亵细节再度充斥了报纸的版面。来自柯林斯例句
2. The male proboscis monkey has a pendulous vaguely salacious Jimmy Durante nose.
这种雄性长鼻猴长着一个下垂的、看上去有些色迷迷的大鼻子.来自互联网
3. Reiter said Beardsley Alford would not by serving up salacious details of the affair.
