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Feminine Form Qualities Considered Typical Masculine ˈfemənɪn Adj

word feminine
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/fe̱mɪnɪn/
1
[ADJ 形容词]女性的;女人的 Feminine qualities and things relate to or are considered typical of women, in contrast to men.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • ...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

  • ...a manufactured ideal of feminine beauty.

    虚构的女性美典范

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]女子气的;女人味的;(尤指)柔美的 Someone or something that is feminine has qualities that are considered typical of women, especially being pretty or gentle.
  [approval]
  • 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。

  • The bedroom has a light, feminine look.

    卧室布置得很雅致,充满女人味。

3
[ADJ 形容词](名词、代词或形容词)阴性的 In some languages, a feminine noun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a masculine or neuter one, or behaves in a different way.

    Oxford femi·nine / ˈfemənɪn ; NAmE ˈfemənɪn /
    adjective
    ,
    noun
    adjective 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丽人风韵。 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
    adj.  (3 )
    ,
    masculine
    adj.  (1 )
    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 一词代表两个性别。 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 gendernot masculineor 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。
    noun ( grammar 语法 ) 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 feminineword or word form 阴性词(形式) compare
    masculine
    ,
    neuter
    adj.
    femi·nine / ˈfemənɪn ; NAmE ˈfemənɪn /
    LDC
    femininefem‧i‧nine /ˈfemɪnɪn/ ●○○ adjective
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    1having qualities that are considered to be typical of women, especially by being gentle, delicate, and pretty:  Dianne loved pretty feminine things. see thesaurus at
    woman
    2relating to being female SYN  female:  traditional feminine roles Amelia’s report describes the experience from a feminine point of view.3a feminine noun, pronoun etc belongs to a class of words that have different inflections from masculine or neuter wordsmasculine
    WDF

    feminine

    [ˈfemənɪn]

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    女性的(100%)
    adj.女性的;妇女(似)的;阴性的;娇柔的

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