hermaphrodite

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n. 具有两性者, 阴阳人, 两性体 a. 雌雄同体的

发音

US /hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/
其它

词形变化

hermaphrodites 复数 hermaphrodites

别名

herm hermafrodite hermaphrodyte

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.

    过时 冒犯
  2. 2.

    Cosexual: an organism possessing both types of gonads; a flower possessing both stamens and pistils.

    生物

    An earthworm is a hermaphrodite.

  3. 3.

    Dichogamous: an organism which begins its life as one sex and changes its sex over its life cycle.

    生物

    Comb jellies are sequential hermaphrodites.

  4. 4.

    A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.

  5. 5.

    A hermaphrodite brig.

    航海 交通
  6. 6.

    A farm wagon convertible to multiple purposes.

  7. 7.

    An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.

    阴阳人

    两性人

    历史 政治 军事
adj.
  1. 1.

    Having ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.

    过时 冒犯
  2. 2.

    Having both ovaries and testes or both stamens and pistils.

    雌雄同体的

    生物
  3. 3.

    Combining two opposing qualities.

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词源

From Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naiad, thereafter having both male and female qualities.

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