feminine
英 ['fem?n?n]
美['f?m?n?n]
- adj. 女性的；婦女（似）的；陰性的；嬌柔的
CET6TEM4IELTS考研中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?feminines;
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語例句
- 1. In most languages adjectives have slightly different spellings for masculine and feminine.
- 在多數語言中，形容詞的陽性和陰性的拼法略為不同。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This is a smart, yet soft and feminine look.
- 這是一張透著精明的面孔，但是線條柔和，女人味十足。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Bead-work, applique and embroidery add a uniquely feminine touch.
- 珠飾、嵌花和刺繡可增添一種獨特的女人味。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. If you venture from "feminine" standards, you are labelled aggressive and hostile.
- 女性要是不夠女人味便會背上咄咄逼人、很不友善之名。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Crook liked her well enough, but remained indifferent to her feminine charms.
- 克魯格還比較喜歡她，只是對她的女性魅力卻始終無動于衷。
來自柯林斯例句