carnal
Word family nouncarnalismcarnalistcarnalityverbcarnalizeadverbcarnallyadjectivecarnal
car·nal /ˈkɑːnl $ ˈkɑːrnl/ adjectiveadj formal 1 SEX/HAVE SEX WITHrelating to sex or someone’s body 性的,肉体的 2. carnal knowledge/relations formal sexual activity 性交carnal knowledge/relations• It is the threesome of snake, Eve, and Adam which, according to the Bible, makes for carnal knowledge.• The fruit was carnal knowledge, and everybody from Thomas Aquinas to Milton knew it.• But carnal knowledge sours his relationship with his clients, and paradise is lost. —carnally adverbadv
Origin carnal (1400-1500) Late Latin carnalis, from Latin caro “flesh”