feminine
英 [ˈfemənɪn] 美 [ˈfɛmənɪn]

adj.

有女性气质的；女子气的；[语]阴性的；阴柔的

n.

女性；温柔的女性；[语]阴性，阴性词；

变形

复数：feminines

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. [A]有女性气质的,女子气的,适于女子的 of or having the qualities suitable for a woman
2. [A]阴性的 for or belonging to the class of words that usually includes most of the words for females

英英释义

feminine[ 'feminin ]

• n.a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
• adj.
  • associated with women and not with men

    "feminine intuition"

  • of grammatical gender
  • befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman

    同义词：womanly

  • (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable

    "a feminine ending"

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• feminine noun阴性名词
• feminine beauty女性美

同近义词辨析

female, feminine

这组词都有“女性的”的意思，其区别是：

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。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.
   珠宝和蕾丝大多是女性用品。
2. That's a feminine reaction.
   这是女性特有的反应。
3. There are three genders in German: masculine, feminine and neuter.
   德语中有三性: 阳性、 阴性和中性。

权威例句

Family Structure and Feminine Personality
Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality by Susan McClary
Illness and the feminine role: a theoretical review
Recovering the Feminine Other: Masculinity, Femininity, and Gender Hegemony
Changes in masculine and feminine traits over time: A meta-analysis
Changes in the masculine and feminine traits over time: A mata-analysis
Throwing like a girl: A phenomenology of feminine body comportment motility and spatiality
Questioning the Notion of Feminine Leadership: A Critical Perspective on the Gender Labelling of Leadership
The dynamics of masculine-agentic and feminine-communal traits: Findings from a prospective study.
THE SACRED HOOP: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions (with a new preface) by Paula Gunn ALLEN