epicene
/ep-i-seen/US // ˈɛp ɪˌsin //UK // (ˈɛpɪˌsiːn) //
磊晶,磊磊,磊落,磊石
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feminine阴性,阴柔,妩媚,阴性的sissy娘娘腔,娘炮,娘娘腔的,娘娘腔的人faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的frail羸弱的,脆弱的,体弱的,体弱drained精疲力尽,精疲力竭,精疲力尽的,精疲力竭的effeminate娘娘腔,娘娘腔的,妩媚,妩媚的effete圆滑,圆滑的,圆润,高效的emasculate阉割,阉割女性,阉割了,阉割掉enervated疲惫不堪,枯萎的,疲惫不堪的,枯萎exhausted疲惫不堪,疲惫不堪的,筋疲力尽,精疲力竭feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱flaccid软弱无力,松弛的,松弛,软弱无力的powerless无能为力,无力,无权,无权无势soft软,软的,软性,软体tired累了,疲惫,疲劳,疲倦unmanly不成体统,不像个男人,不像男人,不成体统的womanish女人味十足,女人味,妇人之仁,女人味十足的worn out破旧的,破旧,破旧不堪的,废旧的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : lacking the typical characteristics of a particular gender or sex; sexless: Fashions in clothing are becoming increasingly epicene.
- : flaccid; feeble; weak: an epicene style of writing.
- : effeminate; unmasculine.
- : of the same gender class regardless of the sex of the individual referred to, as the grammatically feminine Latin vulpēs “fox.”
- : Grammar. capable of referring to any individual regardless of sex, as attendant, chairperson, Pat, one, or they; having common gender.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a person or thing that is epicene.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The courtiers were an effete and in some cases epicene crew.
In English grammar there are no true epicene nouns, but the term is sometimes used instead of common gender.
The latest development of the impulses which animate the epicene sex has taken its expression in after-dinner oratory.
This seemed to him an odd way to look at things, and he boggled over a phrase about an "epicene lily."
What's the meaning of this; and what, may I ask, is the intention of this—this epicene attire?
He was a great contrast to the epicene bird-like creature who had lorded it over the civic fortunes of Valladolid.
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