female

汉语翻译

n. 女性, 女人, 雌性动物
a. 女性的, 女子的
【医】 女性, 女子, 雌性生物, 女性的, 雌性的

词型变化：

名词:femaleness 

词意辨析：

female, feminine

这两个词是同义词，都有“女性的”意思，但涵义和使用场合有所不同。
female: 表示“女的”、“女性的”、“雌的”之意，着重指性别而言，经常与之搭配的词有：sex，child，friend，companion，heir，ruler，servant，ward，voice，figure，suffrage，education，animal，plant等，其对立词是male.

• yesterday we received a lot of guests，male and female，in victoria peak garden.
  昨日我们在山顶公园接待了很多来宾，有男的也有女的。
• his younger sister, it is said, a female operative.
  据说，他的妹妹是个女工。
• a doe is female deer.
  牝鹿就是雌鹿。

feminine: 着重指“有女性气质的”之意，经常与之搭配的词有nature，sympathy，weakness，virtue，frivolity，curiosity，voice，pursuits，hobbies，clothes等，其对立词是masculine.

• she has got all the feminine virtues.
  她具有全部女性的长处。
• this gentleman has got a feminine voice.
  这位男士说话的声音像女子。

英语解释：

名词 female:

1. an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
2. a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
   同义词：female person

形容词 female:

1. being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
2. characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
   同义词：distaff
3. for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls

例句：

1. I doubt if there will be a female president in this country in my lifetime.
   我怀疑在我有生之年这个国家会不会出现一位女总统。
2. The male's orange beak differentiates it from the female.
   那种鸟雄鸟的喙呈橙色，与雌鸟不同。
3. The male sperm fertilizes the female egg.
   雄性的精子使雌性的卵子受精。
4. The male and female genders are equal.
   男性和女性是平等的。
5. Men begin to enter female jobs out of consideration for personal interest.
   出于个人利益考虑，男子开始介入女子的工作领域。
6. The male voice is deeper than the female.
   男性的嗓音比女性的低沉。
7. All the female workers in this factory got a present on March 8.
   这家工厂的所有女职工在三八节都得到了一份礼物。

详细解释：

fe.male

adj.Abbr. fem.,f.,F（形容词）缩写 fem.,f.,F


Of, relating to, or denoting the sex that produces ova or bears young.
女的，女性的：属于、有关或表示产卵或产仔性别的
Characteristic of or appropriate to this sex; feminine.See Synonyms at feminine
女性的，女人特有的：这种性别特有的或适于这种性别的；表示妇女特性的参见 feminine
Consisting of members of this sex.
由女性成员组成的
Botany
【植物学】
Relating to or designating an organ, such as a pistil or an ovary, that functions in producing seeds after fertilization.
雌性的：与一种器官有关或指示这种器官的，如用于受精后产仔的雌蕊或子房
Bearing pistils but not stamens; pistillate:
产生雌蕊的；雌蕊的：
例句：
female flowers.
雌花

Having a recessed part, such as a slot or receptacle, designed to receive a complementary male part:
凹的：如槽沟或插座等为接受一互补的凸起部分而设计的凹部的：
例句：
the female section of an electrical outlet.
电源插座的凹部

n.Abbr. fem.,f.,F（名词）缩写 fem.,f.,F
A member of the sex that produces ova or bears young.
女，雌：产卵或产仔的个体
A woman or girl.
女人或女孩
Botany A plant having only pistillate flowers.
【植物学】 雌株：一种只有雌花的植物

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
alteration influenced by male [male] * see male
受 male的影响 [雄性] *参见 male
of femelle
femelle的变化
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin fômella [diminutive of] fômina [woman] * see dhô(i)-
源自 拉丁语 fômella [] fômina的小后缀 [女子] *参见 dhô(i)-

【引伸】
fe.male.ness
n.（名词）