voluptuous: [14] Voluptuous goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *wol-, *wel- ‘be pleasing’, which also produced English volunteer and will. From it was descended the Latin adverb volup ‘agreeably’, from which were derived in turn the noun voluptās ‘pleasure’ and the adjective voluptuōsus ‘giving pleasure’. In its transmission via Old French voluptueux to English, it acquired additional connotations of ‘sensual pleasure’. => volition
voluptuous (adj.)
late 14c., "of or pertaining to desires or appetites," from Old French voluptueux, volumptueuse and directly from Latin voluptuosus "full of pleasure, delightful," from voluptas "pleasure, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction," from volup "pleasurably," perhaps ultimately related to velle "to wish," from PIE *wel- (2) "to wish, will" (see will (v.)). Meaning "addicted to sensual pleasure" is recorded from mid-15c. Sense of "suggestive of sensual pleasure" is attested from 1816 (Byron); especially in reference to feminine beauty from 1839. Related: Voluptuously; voluptuousness.
实用例句
1. "Opium" is a provocative, sensual, and voluptuous fragrance which makes all your senses vibrate.
“鸦片”是一种刺激性的、能引起感官快感的香料，能使你所有的感官兴奋起来。来自柯林斯例句
2. The nobility led voluptuous lives.
贵族阶层过着骄奢淫逸的生活。来自辞典例句
3. She was a voluptuous creature with blonde hair .
她是个性感十足的金发尤物。来自辞典例句
4. He led a voluptuous life.
他过的是酒色的生活.来自辞典例句
5. She was a voluptuous creature with blonde hair.
