| 词汇 | cupid |
| 词源 | Cupid; cupidity. Cupidity doesn’t derive from the name of Cupid, the Roman god of love and the son of Venus, the goddess of love. Rather both terms derive from the Latin cu- pere, to desire. Cupidity is eager or excessive desire to possess something. |
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