1610s, "an image of the penis," from Latin phallus, from Greek phallos "penis," also "carving or image of an erect penis (symbolizing the generative power in nature) used in the cult of Dionysus," from PIE *bhel-no-, from root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (cognates: Old Norse boli "bull," Old English bulluc "little bull," and possibly Greek phalle "whale;" see bole). Used of the penis itself (often in symbolic context) from 1924, originally in jargon of psychoanalysis.
双语例句
1. This study provided a new tool for rapid reproduction of Amor pho - phallus.
本研究为魔芋的快速繁殖提供了新的手段.
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2. In the structure of sexual desire, the primary signifier of every subject is the phallus.