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feminine

adjective
🔊/ˈfemənɪn/
🔊/ˈfemənɪn/
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  1. having the qualities or appearance considered to be typical of women; connected with women（指气质或外貌）女性特有的，女性的，妇女的
    • That dress makes you look very feminine.那件衣服你穿起来很有女人味儿。🔊🔊
    • He had delicate, almost feminine, features.他面目清秀，五官很像女性。🔊🔊
    • the traditional feminine role传统的女性角色
    compare female, masculine
    Extra Examples
    • He made her feel feminine.他使她觉得有女人味儿。
    • Her name fits in with a traditionally feminine image.她的名字符合传统的女性形象。
    • She looked very feminine with her hair like that.那样的发型使她看上去很有女人味儿。
    • stereotypically feminine qualities like compassion同情心等模式化的女性品质
    Topics People in societyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
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  2. (grammar语法) belonging to a class of words that refer to female people or animals and often have a special form阴性的
    • 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 一词代表两种性别。🔊🔊
    Topics Languagec1
  3. (grammar语法) (in some languages用于某些语言) belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns or adjectives that have feminine gender, not masculine or neuter（指名词、代词或形容词）阴性的
    • The French word for ‘table’ is feminine.法语的 table 一词是阴性。🔊🔊
    Topics Languagec1
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin femininus, from femina ‘woman’.

feminine

noun
🔊/ˈfemənɪn/
🔊/ˈfemənɪn/
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  1. the feminine
     [singular] the feminine gender (= form of nouns, adjectives and pronouns) 阴性（指名词、形容词和代词的形式）
  2. [countable] a feminine word or word form阴性词（形式）Topics Languagec1
    3. compare masculine, neuter
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin femininus, from femina ‘woman’.