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lesbian

adjective
 
🔊/ˈlezbiən/
🔊/ˈlezbiən/
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  1. (of a woman女人) sexually attracted to other women; connected with lesbians女同性恋者
    • the lesbian and gay community男女同性恋群体
    • a lesbian relationship女性同性恋关系
    • The singer has become a lesbian icon.这位歌手已成为女同性恋者的偶像。
    Topics People in societyc1
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: via Latin from Greek Lesbios, from Lesbos, home of Sappho, who expressed affection for women in her poetry, + -ian.

lesbian

noun
🔊/ˈlezbiən/
🔊/ˈlezbiən/
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  1. a woman who is sexually attracted to other women女同性恋者
    • lesbians and gays女同性恋者与男同性恋者
    compare gay, homosexual see also LGBT, lipstick lesbian
    Extra Examples
    • She came out as a lesbian in her teens.她十几岁时公开宣布自己是同性恋。
    • She's an out lesbian.她是一名已经公开了的女同性恋。
    Topics People in societyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • butch
    • femme
    • lipstick
    • …
    verb + lesbian
    • come out as
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: via Latin from Greek Lesbios, from Lesbos, home of Sappho, who expressed affection for women in her poetry, + -ian.