lesbian
lesbian 英 [ˈlezbiən]
adj. 女同性恋的 n. 女同性恋者
名词复数:lesbians
- A lesbian is a woman who is attracted to other women. Two married women are in a lesbian relationship.
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- adj. 女同性恋的
- n. 女同性恋者
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1. lesbians and gays
女同性恋者与男同性恋者
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2. the lesbian and gay community
男女同性恋群体
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3. a lesbian relationship
女性同性恋关系
- lesbian (adj.) 1590s, "pertaining to the island of Lesbos," from Latin Lesbius, from Greek lesbios "of Lesbos," Greek island in northeastern Aegean Sea (the name originally may have meant "wooded"), home of Sappho, great lyric poet whose erotic and romantic verse embraced women as well as men, hence meaning "relating to homosexual relations between women, characterized by erotic interest in other women" (in continuous use from 1890; the noun lesbianism from this sense is attested from 1870) and the noun, which is first recorded 1925.
- lesbian (n.) 1925, "female homosexual," from lesbian (adj.).
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