- Feminine is the opposite of masculine. If it has anything to do with girls and women, it's considered feminine.
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- adj. 女性的
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1. That dress makes you look very feminine.
那件衣服你穿起来很有丽人风韵。
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2. the traditional feminine role
传统的女性角色
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3. The French word for ‘table’ is feminine.
法语的 table 一词是阴性。
- feminine (adj.) mid-14c., "of the female sex," from Old French femenin (12c.) "feminine, female; with feminine qualities, effeminate," from Latin femininus "feminine" (in the grammatical sense at first), from femina "woman, female," literally "she who suckles," from PIE root *dhe(i)- "to suck." Usual modern sense of "woman-like, proper to or characteristic of women" is recorded from mid-15c. Related: Femininely.
femi·nine / ˈfemənɪn ; NAmE ˈfemənɪn / adjective , noun adjective 1 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丽人风韵。 ◆ 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 adj. (3 ) , masculine adj. (1 ) 2 ( 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 一词代表两个性别。 3 ( grammar 语法 ) (in some languages 用于某些语言 ) belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns or adjectives that have feminine gendernot masculineor 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。 noun ( grammar 语法 ) 1 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） 2 [countable ] a feminineword or word form 阴性词（形式） ☞compare masculine , neuter adj. femi·nine / ˈfemənɪn ; NAmE ˈfemənɪn /
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