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homosexual

adjective
🔊/ˌhəʊməˈsekʃuəl/, 🔊/ˌhɒməˈsekʃuəl/
🔊/ˌhəʊməˈsekʃuəl/
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  1. sexually attracted to people of the same sex; showing this同性恋者（通常指男性）
    • a homosexual act/relationship同性恋行为／关系
    compare bisexual, gay (1), heterosexual, lesbianTopics People in societyc1

homosexual

noun
🔊/ˌhəʊməˈsekʃuəl/, 🔊/ˌhɒməˈsekʃuəl/
🔊/ˌhəʊməˈsekʃuəl/
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  1. a person, usually a man, who is sexually attracted to people of the same sex同性恋者（通常指男性）
    • a practising homosexual有同性恋行为的人
    • He came out as a homosexual after his mother died.他在母亲死后公开承认自己是同性恋者。
    compare bisexual, gay, heterosexual, lesbianTopics People in societyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • practising/​practicing
    • closet
    • closeted
    • …
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from homo- ‘same’ + sexual.