effeminate

大学 FREQ #32142

a. 柔弱的, 女人气的

发音

其它 /ɪˈfɛmɪnət/
其它 /ɪˈfɛmɪnət/

词形变化

effeminates 复数 effeminates effeminated effeminates 三单 effeminating effeminating 现在分词 effeminated 过去式 effeminated 过去分词 more effeminate 比较级 most effeminate 最高级

别名

effæminate effeminat effœminat effœminate

教材释义与例句

名词

女子气的男人

动词

使柔弱；使无男子汉气概

动词

变得无男子汉气概；变得柔弱

形容词

柔弱的；女人气的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An effeminate person.

v.
  1. 1.

    To make womanly; to unman.

    古体 及物

    the studie of sciences doth more weaken and effeminate mens minds, than corroborate and adapt them to warre.

  2. 2.

    To become womanly.

    不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a boy or man, exhibiting behavior or mannerisms considered typical of a woman or unmasculine.

    娘娘腔

    女人气

    乸型

    贬义
  2. 2.

    Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

sissy emasculate epicene sissified sissyish

近义相关 3

unmanly unmanful unmanlike

相关短语

effeminate man

词源

From Middle English effeminat, effemynat, from Latin effēminātus, past participle of effēminō, from fēmina (“woman”).

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