feminine

adjective

/ˈfemənɪn/

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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女人味儿。
- 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, masculine
Extra Examples
- He made her feel feminine.他使她觉得有女人味儿。
- Her name fits in with a traditionally feminine image.她的名字符合传统的女性形象。
- She looked very feminine with her hair like that.那样的发型使她看上去很有女人味儿。
- stereotypically feminine qualities like compassion同情心等模式化的女性品质
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(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 一词代表两种性别。
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(grammar语法) (in some languages用于某些语言) belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns or adjectives that have feminine gender, not masculine or 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。
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin femininus, from femina ‘woman’.

feminine

noun

/ˈfemənɪn/

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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）
[countable] a feminine word or word form阴性词（形式）Topics Languagec1