female中文

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female
/ 5fi:meil /

◙ adjective
1. of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs, distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova) which can be fertilized by male gametes
• 雌性的，母性的
»a herd of female deer.
  一群母鹿。
  relating to or characteristic of women or female animals
• 女的；母的；女性特有的；雌性动物的
»a female audience.
  女性观众。
»a female name.
  女性的名字。
  (of a plant or flower) having a pistil but no stamens
• （植物，花）雌的，雌蕊的
  (of parts of machinery, fittings, etc.) manufactured hollow so that a corresponding male part can be inserted
• （机械、装置等部件）阴的，凹的，内孔的
◙ noun
1. a female person, animal, or plant
• 女子；母畜；雌株

【派生】

♦ femaleness noun

【语源】

1. Middle English: from Old French femelle, from Latin femella, diminutive of femina 'a woman'. The change in the ending was due to association with male, but the words male and female are not linked etymologically