[mass noun]communication or dealings between individuals or groups (个体或群体间的)交往,交流,交际 the vital intercourse between the two halves of the empire. 王国两部分之间至关重要的交往。 ■short for sexual intercourse sexual intercourse 的简称
语源
late Middle English (denoting communication or dealings): from Old French entrecours 'exchange, commerce', from Latin intercursus, from intercurrere 'intervene', from inter- 'between' + currere 'run'. The specifically sexual use arose in the late 18th cent