| 正面 | 1835.gender 英 ['dʒendə]美 ['dʒɛndɚ]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 谐音“矮身的”→古代的（ancient）人身材都相当矮n. 性；性别；性交vt. 生（过去式gendered，过去分词gendered，现在分词gendering，第三人称单数genders，形容词genderless） 例句： 1. Dara challenges our stereotypical ideas about gender and femininity.达拉对我们老一套的性别和女性特质观念提出了异议。 gender 性别来自词根gen, 生育，词源同gene, generate. gender (n.)c. 1300, "kind, sort, class," from Old French gendre, genre "kind, species; character; gender" (12c., Modern French genre), from stem of Latin genus (genitive generis) "race, stock, family; kind, rank, order; species," also "(male or female) sex," from PIE root *gene- (see genus). Also used in Latin to translate Aristotle's Greek grammatical term genos. The grammatical sense is attested in English from late 14c. The "male-or-female sex" sense is attested in English from early 15c. As sex (n.) took on erotic qualities in 20c., gender came to be the usual English word for "sex of a human being," in which use it was at first regarded as colloquial or humorous. Later often in feminist writing with reference to social attributes as much as biological qualities; this sense first attested 1963. Gender-bender is from 1977, popularized from 1980, with reference to pop star David Bowie.gender (v.)"to bring forth," late 14c., from Old French gendrer, genrer "engender, beget, give birth to," from Latin generare "to engender, beget, produce" (see generation). Related: Gendered; gendering." |