erotic

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e·rot·ic /ɪˈrɒtɪk $ ɪˈrɑː-/ adjective 1. ASEXYan erotic book, picture, or film shows people having sex, and is intended to make people reading or looking at it have feelings of sexual pleasure 色情的2 SEX/HAVE SEX WITHerotic thoughts, feelings, or experiences involve sexual excitement (引起)性欲的 an erotic dream 春梦 —erotically /-kli/ adverb

Examples from the Corpus

erotic• A number of scenes in the film were very erotic.• His erotic caresses, his musky masculinity warmed with the scent of his cologne.• He wrote both poetry and erotic literature.• erotic pictures• The law does not bar service members from having erotic publications, films or tapes, or from sharing them with others.Origin erotic (1600-1700) Greek erotikos, from eros “sexual love”

e·rot·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable

Corpus picture, having an or book, film people shows erotic

erotic
e‧rot‧ic /ɪˈrɒtɪk $ ɪˈrɑː-/

adjective

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Greek
Origin: erotikos, from eros 'sexual love'

1. an erotic book, picture, or film shows people having sex, and is intended to make people reading or looking at it have feelings of sexual pleasure
2. erotic thoughts, feelings, or experiences involve sexual excitement: