sex

B1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #639 ★★★★☆

n. 性别, 性欲 vt. 区别...的性别, 引起...的性欲

发音

US /sɛks/

词形变化

sexes 复数 sexed sexes 三单 sexes sexing sexing 现在分词 sexed 过去式 sexed 过去分词

别名

sexe s*x

教材释义与例句

动词

引起…的性欲；区别…的性别

to find out whether an animal is male or female

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species; the system of such categories, which can differ by organism or by taxonomic branch.

    性别

    可数 不可数

    The effect of the medication is dependent upon age, sex, and other factors.

  2. 2.

    Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    The members of such a category, taken collectively.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    The distinction and relation between these categories, especially in humans; gender.

    不可数 可数
  5. 5.

    Women; the human female gender and those who belong to it.

    文学 废旧 不可数 可数
  6. 6.

    Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier.

    性交

    相奸

    不可数 可数

    1934, translation of the Qur'an (23:5) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (The believers ... those ... ) who abstain from sex

    Why wasn't Bond ‘more tender’ in his love-making? Why did he just ‘have sex’ and disappear?

  7. 7.

    Genitalia: a penis or vagina/vulva.

    可数 委婉 俚语 不可数
  8. 1.

    Alternative form of sect.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To determine the sex of (an animal).

    及物 生物 动物学
  2. 2.

    To have sex with.

    美国 非正式 及物
  3. 3.

    To have sex.

    美国 非正式 不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

gender sexuality sexual activity

上位词 7

family feeling class activity category bodily function bodily process

下位词 10

love pleasure union relation breeding intercourse mating conception foreplay homosexuality
动词

同义词 4

excite arouse wind up turn on

上位词 10

tell shake separate stir distinguish excite stimulate differentiate secern secernate

下位词 1

tempt

相关短语

same-sex 同性别的 sex education na. 性教育 sex appeal 性感, 吸引力 safe sex adj. 安全(或无疾病)性交的 opposite sex 异性 sex up 增加…的性感；渲染；吸引 sex symbol n. 性感的人；性感的演员 sex on legs sex toy 情趣用品 sex reassignment surgery sex shop 性商店 sex and shopping sex organ 性器官 sex on a stick sex drive 性欲冲动; 性动机

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séksusder. Proto-Italic *seksus Latin sexusder. Old French sexeder. Middle English sexe English sex From Middle English sexe (“sex [distinction between male and female] and gender”), from Old French sexe (“genitals; gender”), from Latin sexus (“gender; gender traits; males or females; genitals”), from Proto-Italic *seksus, from Proto-Indo-European *séksus, from *sek- (“to cut, cut off, sever”), thus meaning "section, division" (into male and female). Usage for women influenced by Middle French le sexe (“women”) (attested in 1580). Usage for third and additional sexes calqued from French troisième sexe, referring to masculine women in 1817 and homosexuals in 1847. First used by Lord Byron and others in English in reference to Catholic clergy. Usage for sexual intercourse first attested in 1899 (in the writings of H. G. Wells).

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