know someone in the biblical sense

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˌnoʊ ˌsʌmwən ɪn ðə ˈbɪblɪkəl ˌsɛn(t)s/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To have sex with someone. euphemistic,idiomatic
    — James may not have known women in the biblical sense; but had Adams read the novels with care, he would have been agreeably surprised by the keen insights on the feminine psyche displayed there.

词形变化

knows someone in the biblical sense present,singular,third-person knowing someone in the biblical sense participle,present knew someone in the biblical sense past known someone in the biblical sense participle,past know someone in the Biblical sense alternative

词源

From the use of know in the Bible. Some Bible translations, such as the King James Version, translate the Hebrew word יָדַע (yādaʿ) as know even in sexual contexts, giving rise to lines like “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived.”
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