a food or drug that is said to give people a strong desire to have sex 春药;激发性欲的食物 a powerful aphrodisiac 强效春药 Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. 权力是终极春药。
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Greek aphrodisiakos, from aphrodisios, from Aphroditē, literally ‘foam-born’, from aphros ‘foam’.