词组 | female |
释义 | female ◊ 'female' Female means 'relating to the sex that can have babies'. You can use female as an adjective to talk about either people or animals. ...pay claims from female employees. A female toad may lay 20,000 eggs each season. You can also use female as a noun, but only to talk about animals. The male fertilizes the female's eggs. He came upon a family of lions -- a big male, a beautiful female, and two half grown cubs. ◊ 'feminine' Feminine means 'typical of women, rather than men'. ...feminine handwriting. ...a good, calm, reasonable and deeply feminine woman. You do not use feminine to talk about animals. ◊ 'effeminate' Effeminate is only used to describe men and boys. People say that a man or boy is effeminate if he behaves, looks, or sounds like a woman or girl. It is best not to use this word, as many people find it offensive. They find European men slightly effeminate. |
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