单词 | zoophilic |
释义 | zoophilicadj. 1. Relating to or characterized by emotional attachment to, or love of, animals; animal-loving. Cf. zoophilia n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > [adjective] > characterized by love of animals philozoic1868 zoophilic1884 1884 Amer. Reg. 5 July (London ed.) 5/2 I hold that it is zoophilic when you can make machinery do the work of poor beasts of burden and of traction. 1947 New Biol. 152 Our chief concern, however, is with the dog as a beast of burden. In England, presumably owing to the prevalence of zoophilic organisations such as the R.S.P.C.A. such practices are illegalised. 1998 S. H. Webb God & Dogs v. 109 A zoophilic compassion for all animals. 2000 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Sept. 32 Given the zoophilic tendencies of Britain's younger poets..it is interesting to find that Polly Clark..was, at one time, a zookeeper. 2. Originally Psychology and Psychiatry. Relating to or characterized by sexual attraction to, or activity with, animals. Cf. zoophilia n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > types of sexual behaviour > [adjective] > bestiality and zoophilia zoophilic1911 1911 H. W. Frink in Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 6 201 This story, together with the remarks made..upon the repulsiveness of zo-ophilic practices, made a great impression upon the patient. 1965 Movie Spring 23/2 Some spectators may derive a premature zoophilic frisson from Marnie's words to her horse, ‘Oh, Forio, if you want to bite anyone, bite me.’ 2010 Private Eye 28 May 37/4 (advt.) Wanted: arrogant English, dumb Irish, zoophilic Welsh man; for comedic purpose only. 3. Biology. Of a parasitic organism: that prefers to feed, live, or grow on animals rather than humans; having an animal rather than a human host. Also: of, relating to, or characteristic of such organisms. Contrasted with anthropophilic adj. ΚΠ 1922 Trop. Dis. Bull. 19 857 Anopheles are perhaps not so much misanthropic and zoophilic as thermotropic. 1937 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 3 Apr. 715/2 With ‘stabulation’ there come the optimum conditions for the ‘deviation’ of any species of zoophilic habits, and if these zoophilic forms alone are present, as is the case over a large part of Europe, malaria disappears. 1961 Jrnl. Parasitol. 47 891/1 The Formosan strain of S[chistosoma] japonicum develops for a short period in the viscera of man, but does not reach maturity there and must be regarded as a non-human, zoophilic strain. 2015 R. B. Weller et al. Clin. Dermatology (ed. 5) ix. 240/2 Fungi coming from animal sources (zoophilic fungi) induce a more intense inflammation than those spread from person to person. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1884 |
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