[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; NAmEˈfemənɪn/
adjective
,
noun
adjective1having 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 femininegendernot 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) 1the feminine[singular ]the femininegender(= 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; NAmEˈfemənɪn/
LDC
femininefem‧i‧nine /ˈfemɪnɪn/ ●○○ adjective
Word Origin
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
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 femaleSYN 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 words → masculine
open
www.ankiedu.club
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.