houri

英 ['hʊərɪ] 美 ['hʊri]
  • n. 天堂女神；迷人的美女；富有魅力的美女
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英文词源

houri (n.)
"nymph of Muslim paradise," 1737, from French houri (1650s), from Persian huri "nymph in Paradise," from Arabic haura "to be beautifully dark-eyed," like a gazelle + -i, Persian formative element denoting the singular.