[ADJ 形容词]女性的;女人的 Someone who is female is a woman or a girl.
...a sixteen-piece dance band with a female singer...
16 人组成的伴舞乐队和一位女歌手
Their aim is equal numbers of male and female MPs by the year 2000...
他们的目标是 2000 年前使国会议员中男女人数相等。
Only 13 per cent of consultants are female.
高级顾问医师中只有 13%是女性。
femaleness
They are under pressure to negate their femaleness.
她们承受着否认自己女性身份的压力。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]女性;女子 Women and girls are sometimes referred to as females when they are being considered as a type.
But the average young female in this country now is stylish and remarkably confident...
但该国普通年轻女子现在都非常时髦,而且极其自信。
Hay fever affects males more than females.
男性的花粉热感染率比女性高。
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[ADJ 形容词]女性的;影响女性的Female matters and things relate to, belong to, or affect women rather than men.
[ADJ n]
...female infertility.
女性不孕症
...a purveyor of female undergarments...
女式内衣供应商
I realize there's no consensus on what are male or female values.
我意识到人们对什么是男性价值观和什么是女性价值观并无共识。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]雌性生物 You can refer to any creature that can lay eggs or produce babies from its body as a female .
Each female will lay just one egg in April or May.
每个雌体四五月份只产一粒卵。
Female is also an adjective.
...the scent given off by the female aphid to attract the male.
雌蚜虫释放出的吸引雄蚜虫的气味
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[ADJ 形容词](花或植物)雌性的,有雌蕊的 A female flower or plant contains the part that will become the fruit when it is fertilized.
[usu ADJ n]
Figs have male and female flowers.
无花果有雄花和雌花。
Oxford
fe·male★/ˈfiːmeɪl; NAmEˈfiːmeɪl/
adjective
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noun
femalefemalesadjective★1★being a woman or a girl 女的;女性的◆a female student/employee/artist女学生╱雇员╱艺术家◆Two of the candidates must be female.候选人中必须有两名是女性。2★of the sex that can lay eggs or give birth to babies 雌的;母的◆a female cat母猫3★of women; typical of women; affecting women 女性的;妇女的;女性特有的◆female characteristics女性特征◆the female role妇女的角色☞compare
feminine
(1 )4( biology 生) (of plants and flowers 植物和花)that can produce fruit 能结果实的;雌性的;有雌蕊的5( technical 术语) (of electrical equipment 电气设备)having a hole that another part fits into 阴的;内孔的;凹的◆a female plug内孔插头OPP
male
noun★1★an animal that can lay eggs or give birth to babies; a plant that can produce fruit 雌性动物;雌性植物;雌株2★( formal) a woman or a girl 女子◆More females than males are employed in the factory.这家工厂雇用的女性比男性多。OPP
male
fe·male/ˈfiːmeɪl; NAmEˈfiːmeɪl/
LDC
female1 adjective
female2 noun
femalefe‧male1 /ˈfiːmeɪl/ ●●●S3W2 adjective
Examples
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Phrases
1relating to women or girlsOPP male → feminine: female voters Over half of the staff are female.2belonging to the sex that can have babies or produce eggsOPP male: a female spider3a female plant or flower produces fruitOPP male4technical a female part of a piece of equipment has holes into which the male part can be fittedOPP male
female1 adjective
female2 noun
femalefemale2 ●●●W3 noun [countable]
Word Origin
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
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1an animal that belongs to the sex that can have babies or produce eggsOPP male2a woman or girlOPP male: As a group, females performed better on the test than males.► see thesaurus at
woman
3a plant that produces flowers or fruitOPP male
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