feminine

英 [ˈfemənɪn]

美 [ˈfemənɪn]

adj. (指气质或外貌)女性特有的，女性的，妇女的; 阴性的; 指名词、代词或形容词阴性的
n. 阴性(指名词、形容词和代词的形式); 阴性词(形式)

复数：feminines　

Collins.2 / BNC.6558 / COCA.5815

同义词辨析

female feminine womanly【导航词义：女性的】

femaleadj. 女的，女性的；雌性的

〔辨析〕

指性别为女性或雌性的，与男性或雄性的相对。

〔例证〕

Female education in the country is developing rapidly.
那个国家的女子教育在迅速发展。
This is a female bird.
这是一只雌鸟。

feminineadj. 女性化的；女性的

〔辨析〕

指气质、嗓音、外貌等女性化的，也可指与女性有关的。

〔例证〕

John has a feminine voice.
约翰的声音像女人似的。
Susan is portrayed as a traditional feminine role in this novel.
在这部小说中，苏珊被刻画成一位传统的女性角色。

womanlyadj. 〈褒〉有女子气质的

〔辨析〕

指在行为、衣着等方面符合女性气质的。

〔例证〕

That young nurse gave off womanly radiance.
那位年轻的护士散发出女性的神采。
Sara has a soft womanly figure.
萨拉体态端庄柔美。

adj.

（指气质或外貌）女性特有的，女性的，妇女的
having the qualities or appearance considered to be typical of women; connected with women
1. That dress makes you look very feminine.
  那件衣服你穿起来很有丽人风韵。
2. He had delicate, almost feminine, features.
  他面目清秀，跟女性差不多。
3. the traditional feminine role
  传统的女性角色
阴性的
belonging to a class of words that refer to female people or animals and often have a special form
1. 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。
（指名词、代词或形容词阴性的）
belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns or adjectives that have feminine gender not masculine or neuter
1. The French word for ‘table’ is feminine.
  法语的table一词是阴性。

noun

阴性（指名词、形容词和代词的形式）
the feminine gender (= form of nouns, adjectives and pronouns)
阴性词（形式）
a feminine word or word form

ADJ 女性的;女人的
Femininequalities and things relate to or are considered typical of women, in contrast to men.
1. ...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
2. ...a manufactured ideal of feminine beauty.
  虚构的女性美典范
ADJ-GRADED 女子气的;女人味的;(尤指)柔美的
Someone or something that isfemininehas qualities that are considered typical of women, especially being pretty or gentle.
1. 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。
2. The bedroom has a light, feminine look.
  卧室布置得很雅致，充满女人味。
(名词、代词或形容词)阴性的
In some languages, afemininenoun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a masculine or neuter one, or behaves in a different way.

noun

a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female

adj

associated with women and not with men
1. feminine intuition
befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman
1. womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion
Synonym:womanly
of grammatical gender
(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable
1. a feminine ending

She claimed that women 'use their feminine wiles to get on.'
她声称女人“靠她们的小聪明来达到目的”。
Her daughter doesn't fit the current feminine ideal
她女儿并不符合当今的完美女性标准。
The bedroom has a light, feminine look.
卧室布置得很雅致，充满女人味。
I try and think of you allways and am trying to keep myself feminine for you.
我尝试对你的看法永诺和我试图保持自己对你的女性。
I feel feminine, and grounded in the choices I am making for myself and my family.
我为自己和家庭做出了这样的选择，这是理智的。
She was essentially feminine, in other words, a parasite and a chalice.
她在本质上是个女人，换句话说，是一个食客和一只酒杯。
He has a rather feminine voice.
他说话带娘娘腔。
Such dissonance is related to conflict between the masculine and feminine or the body and soul.
这些不协调与男女性之间或者身体与灵魂间的冲突连结。
Female drinks it, she'll be more feminine.
女人喝了它，她就更娇柔了。
The girls were dainty and feminine.
这些女孩子娇美温柔。