首页英语词典femalefemale的意思

female

英 ['fiːmeɪl] 美['fimel]

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近义词ladylike feminine womanly

反义词

adj. 女性的；雌性的；柔弱的，柔和的
n. 女人；[动] 雌性动物

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复数: females;

中文词源

female 女性的

来自拉丁词根fe, 吮吸，吸奶，乳汁，词源同felicity, fecund. -m, 鼻音字母。即喂奶的人，女人。

英英释意

1. an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)

2. a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

英文词源

female: female: [14] The symmetry between female and male is a comparatively recent development. Female started as Latin fēmella, a diminutive form of fēmina ‘woman’ (whence English feminine [14]). This in turn was a derivative of Latin fēlāre ‘suck’, and so etymologically signified ‘person from whom milk is sucked’ (it came ultimately from the Indo-European base *dhēi-, which also produced Latin filia ‘daughter’ and filia ‘son’, source of English filial [15]). Fēmella passed into English via Old French femelle as femele, but as early as the end of the 14th century began to change, by association with male, to female.
=> feminine, filial
female (n.): early 14c., from Old French femelle "woman, female" (12c.), from Medieval Latin femella "a female," from Latin femella "young female, girl," diminutive of femina "woman" (see feminine).
WHEN the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride,
He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside.
But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail.
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

[Kipling]
Sense extended in Vulgar Latin from young humans to female of other animals, then to females generally. Compare Latin masculus, also a diminutive (see masculine). Spelling altered late 14c. in erroneous imitation of male. In modern use usually as an adjective (early 14c.). Reference to implements with sockets and corresponding parts is from 1660s.

同义词辨析

female, woman, lady

这些名词都有"女性"之意。

female与male"男(性)的，公的，雄的"相对，强调性别，可指人或动物，但除用于科学和统计上外，大多含贬义。

woman与man相对，侧重成年妇女的特点，系成年妇女的通称。

lady与gentleman相对，强调所谓高贵的气质、品德和教养等。也指对女性的礼貌称呼。

female, feminine

这两个形容词均表示"女性的"之意。

female：仅指性别的分类，指人、动物或植物，甚至无生命的东西均可。

feminine：强调女性所特有的或同女性有关的特质、特征。

考试真题

A change in the public's view of female beauty.

Russians also get up an hour later on International Women's Day, the day for treating and celebrating female relatives.

The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.

Fifty percent of them were female.

Americans are less doubtful when it comes to politics: 73% expect to see a female president in their lifetime.

Female applicants to postdoctoral positions in geosciences were nearly half as likely to receive excellent letters of recommendation, compared with their male counterparts.

Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are "male" and "female" brains, believing that explains just about every difference between the sexes.

Rather than offer evidence for categorizing brains as "male" or "female, " research shows that brains fall into a wide range, with most people falling right in the middle.

single-sex education can have enormous benefits for female students.

They found that female applicants were only half as likely to get outstanding letters, compared with their male counterparts.

While the "average" male and "average" female brains were slightly different, you couldn't tell it by looking at individual brain scans.

How can it be that societies like Sweden,where gender equality is vigorously pursued and enforced,have fewer female managers,executives,professionals,and business owners than eh laissez-faire(自由放任的)united states?

Swedish economists Magnus Henrekson and Mikael Stenkula addressed the following question in their 2009study:why are there so few female top executives in the European egalitarian(平等主义的)welfare states

The Swedes can certainly take a lesson from the United States and look for ways to clear a path for their ambitious female careerists.

Confronted with such facts,some Swedish activists and legislators are demanding more extreme and far-reaching measures, such as replacing male and female pronouns with a neutral alternative and monitoring children more closely to correct them when they gravitate(被吸引) toward gendered play

Talent,charm,and an exceptional work ethic have rarely hurled any one of world's most successful entertainment icons and the first African-American female billionaire.

For a start, you will now see plenty more women – the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, for example, boasts that 40% of its new enrolment is female.

It encourages male and female executives to work side by side

For example, men who endorse traditional masculine norms report lower relationship satisfaction, as do their female partners.

So the election of a female leader might have a downside for other women.

She was the greatest female poet in Colonial America.

What he tried to do was to teach a male dolphin called Bass and a female called Doris to communicate with each other across a solid barrier.

To find out if the female dolphin is cleverer than the male one

Somehow the old male and female stereotypes no longer fit.

Females are more competitive than males in elections.

Her new book Swell inter-weaves her own story with a history of female pioneers who accomplished remarkable feats and paved the way for future generations.

I think she is to be commended for making an effort to include anecdotes about little known female scientist.

It's about four male scientists and a female waitress.

Ludacris and the former CEO of Bank of America Ken Lewis are alumni of my college, as well as VICE's first female editor-in-chief, Ellis Jones.

The finding points to longstanding evidence that fiber may reduce circulating female hormone levels, which could explain the reduced risk.

When looking at how women are depicted, the study found female characters were four times more likely to be shown in sexy clothing, and nearly four times as likely to be referred to as physically attractive.

Chinese scientists recently had a chance to study a wild female panda with a newborn baby.

Emma, a female crane, has been in their care since she arrived in 2004.

Female Australian superb fairy wrens were found to repeat one sound over and over again while hatching their eggs.

So, a female cat without children may bring these " treats " to her owner instead.

They can even distinguish their mother's voice from that of a female stranger.

Female participation on corporate boards may not currently mirror the percentage of women in the general population, but so what?

Haddad and Lewis are concerned that more than half the state-government boards are less than 40 percent female.

If we know female job screeners are more likely to reject attractive female applicants, we can help screeners understand their biases—or hire outside screeners.

It was not until the mid-1980s, when amplifying age and sex differences became a dominant children's marketing strategy, that pink fully came into its own, when it began to seem inherently attractive to girls, part of what defined them as female, at least

Reding invited corporations to sign up for gender balance goals of 40 per cent female board membership.

The Taylor decision also declared sex discrimination in jury selection to be unconstitutional and ordered states to use the same procedures for selecting male and female jurors.

实用场景例句

More females than males are employed in the factory.: 这家工厂雇用的女性比男性多。

Two of the candidates must be female.: 候选人中必须有两名是女性。

a female cat: 母猫

female characteristics: 女性特征

the female role: 妇女的角色

a female plug: 内孔插头

a female student/employee/artist: 女学生 / 雇员 / 艺术家

...female infertility.: 女性不孕症

...a purveyor of female undergarments...: 女式内衣供应商

Each female will lay just one egg in April or May.: 每个雌体四五月份只产一粒卵。

Figs have male and female flowers.: 无花果有雄花和雌花。

...a sixteen-piece dance band with a female singer...: 16 人组成的伴舞乐队和一位女歌手

Their aim is equal numbers of male and female MPs by the year 2000...: 他们的目标是 2000 年前使国会议员中男女人数相等。

But the average young female in this country now is stylish and remarkably confident...: 但该国普通年轻女子现在都非常时髦，而且极其自信。

Hay fever affects males more than females.: 男性的花粉热感染率比女性高。

Large numbers of female workers are employed at the lowest rates of pay.: 大批女工以最低工资受雇.

The bird swelled out its chest to attract the attention of the female.: 那鸟儿把胸脯鼓起来吸引雌鸟.

She doffs her garb worn under fire and wears again female attire.: 脱我战时袍着我旧时裳.

We only employ female workers.: 我们只雇用女工.

She is a slatternly female.: 她是一个懒婆娘.

In human reproduction, one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.: 在人体生殖过程中, 一个精子使一个卵子受精.

His house is tempested by female eloquence.: 他的屋子里充满了女人滔滔雄辩的喧哗.

Two of the candidates must be female.: 候选人中必须有两名是女性。

Oestrogen is a female sex hormone.: 雌激素是一种雌性荷尔蒙。

A mule is a hybrid of a male donkey and a female horse.: 骡子是公驴和母马交配而生的杂种动物。

The male of the species is almost indistinguishable from the female.: 这个物种的雄性和雌性几乎无法分辨。

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