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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- feminine [ 'fεmənɪn] [ 'femɪnɪn]
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1.
adjective
女（性）的；妇女的，女子的
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2.
adjective
女子气（如温柔、脆弱、娇气、端庄等）的，有女子气质的，具女性特征的
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3.
adjective
适合女子的
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4.
adjective
（男子）柔弱的，娇气的，娘娘腔的
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5.
adjective
[grammar]
阴性的
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6.
adjective
[music]
女性终止的
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7.
adjective
[phonology]
第二音节无重音的双音节韵的（如：danger，stranger，haziness，laziness）
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8.
noun
[grammar]
阴性
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9.
noun
[grammar]
阴性词（或形式）
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1.
adjective
女（性）的；妇女的，女子的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- feminine ['fεmɪnɪn]
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1.
adj
suitable to or characteristic of a woman
- a feminine fashion
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2.
adj
possessing qualities or characteristics considered typical of or appropriate to a woman
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3.
adj
effeminate; womanish
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4.
adj
[grammar]
denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns, occurring in many inflected languages, that includes all kinds of referents as well as some female animate referents
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5.
adj
(as noun)
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German
Zeit ``time'' andEhe ``marriage'' are feminines
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German
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6.
adj
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin f
e mini nus, from fe mina woman
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1.
adj
suitable to or characteristic of a woman
Examples
- accessorize a plain jacket with feminine jewellery → accessorize
- a feminine fashion → feminine
- 那个男的不论说话还是行为举止, 都有点儿娘娘腔。
- That man is feminine in both voice and behavior. → 娘娘腔
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