feminine
英 ['femɪnɪn]
美['fɛmənɪn]
- adj. 女性的；妇女（似）的；阴性的；娇柔的
词态变化
复数: feminines;
英英释意
- 1. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
英文词源
- feminine (adj.)
- mid-14c., "of the female sex," from Old French femenin (12c.) "feminine, female; with feminine qualities, effeminate," from Latin femininus "feminine" (in the grammatical sense at first), from femina "woman, female," literally "she who suckles," from root of felare "to suck, suckle" (see fecund). Usual modern sense of "woman-like, proper to or characteristic of women" is recorded from mid-15c. Related: Femininely.
The interplay of meanings now represented roughly in female "characteristic of the sex that bears children," feminine "having qualities considered appropriate to a woman," and effeminate "having female qualities in a bad sense, unmanly," and the attempt to keep them clear of each other, has led to many coinages. Among nouns, in addition to feminity "womanishness," femininity, femaleness, feminineness (1810, "female qualities"), there is feminitude (1878); feminility "womanliness" (1824); feminie "womankind" (late 14c.); femality (17c., "effeminacy;" 1754 "female nature"); feminacy "female nature" (1829); feminicity "quality or condition of being a woman" (1843). Also feminality (1640s, "quality or state of being female"), from rare adjective feminal "female, belonging to a woman" (late 14c.), from Old French feminal. And femineity "quality or state of being feminine," also "effeminate; womanly," from Latin femineus "of a woman, pertaining to a woman."
同义词辨析
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
- Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine (女性的) and prefer the modem genre (类型) in which violence and sexism are major themes, "James wrote.
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- Thus, they learn early to hide vulnerable emotions such as love, joy, and sadness because they believe that such feelings are feminine and imply weakness.
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- Most young boys have been trained to believe that men who show tender feelings are considered to be feminine and weak
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实用场景例句
- The French word for ‘table ’ is feminine.
- 法语的table一词是阴性。
牛津词典
- Some people prefer not to use the feminine form ‘actress ’ and use the word ‘actor ’ for both sexes.
- 有些人不喜欢使用actress这一阴性形式，而用actor一词代表两个性别。
牛津词典
- That dress makes you look very feminine.
- 那件衣服你穿起来很有丽人风韵。
牛津词典
- He had delicate, almost feminine, features.
- 他面目清秀，跟女性差不多。
牛津词典
- the traditional feminine role
- 传统的女性角色
牛津词典
- ...a manufactured ideal of feminine beauty.
- 虚构的女性美典范
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I've always been attracted to very feminine, delicate women...
- 我总是被十分娇柔纤弱的女子吸引。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The bedroom has a light, feminine look.
- 卧室布置得很雅致，充满女人味。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...male leaders worrying about their women abandoning traditional feminine roles.
- 男性领导人担心自己的妻子放弃传统的女性角色
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Armor for female became more feminine mesh.
- 女性盔甲的女性特征更明显.
期刊摘选
- It was this happy feminine conspiracy which made Southern society so pleasant.
- 正是这种愉快的女性共有的情操,才使南方社会如此令人高兴.
飘（部分）
- A tailored blazer is classic, feminine and looks great on all body types.
- 经典 、 具有女人味的修身西装适合各种体型.
期刊摘选
- We thought that the deep recesses of space could use a feminine touch.
- 我们认为空洞的宇宙应该加点女性的色彩.
电影对白
- I want muscle all over my body while still looking feminine.
- 我想让肌肉遍布身体仍看起来很娇柔.
期刊摘选
- The color and the design both bespoke feminine fragrance.
- 卡片上印着一个穿白纱的青春少女.
期刊摘选
- Feminine craft was alert to prompt it.
- 女性的机灵会警觉地提醒她说出适当的话语.
辞典例句
- Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.
- 珠宝和花边多数是女性用品.
《简明英汉词典》
- She wasn't exactly the most feminine woman, but she always had men.
- 虽说她并不是特别有女人味的人, 可她身边却从不缺男人.
期刊摘选
- It is the return of the divine feminine that also has great say within Shamballa.
- 神圣女性能量的返回在香巴拉内部也有巨大的表达.
期刊摘选
- She had a feminine gift for delicate flattery.
- 她有女性的细致讨人高兴的才能.
辞典例句
- Yet if looking womanly can seem unprofessional, its also possible to not look feminine enough.
- 然而,如果看起来女性化可能显得不够专业的话, 那么不够女性化也可能也有问题.
期刊摘选
- He has a very feminine voice.
- 他的声音非常像女人.
《简明英汉词典》
- She was utterly feminine and devastatingly attractive in an unstudied way.
- 她温存无比,魅力四射而又绝不矫揉造作.
《简明英汉词典》
- She painted flowers and birds pictures akin to those of earlier feminine painters.
- 她画一些同早期女画家类似的花鸟画.
《简明英汉词典》
- She has full of feminine delicacy.
- 她充满了女性的娇柔.
《简明英汉词典》
- She was a very feminine person.
- 她是个很有女性气质的人.
《简明英汉词典》
- That dress makes you look very feminine.
- 那件衣服你穿起来很有丽人风韵。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》