释义 |
girdle of ve·nus \ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷əˈvēnəs\ Usage: usually capitalized G&V Etymology: after Venus, Italian goddess identified by the Romans with Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love : a line that appears on the palm at the base of the fingers, that forms a semicircle beginning between the first and second fingers and ending between the third and fourth fingers, and that is held by palmists to indicate a high-strung nervous temperament and sometimes a tendency toward hysteria or despondency |