transvestite

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n. 易装癖者 a. 爱穿异性服装的, 易装癖的

发音

其它 /tɹænzˈvɛs.taɪt/

词形变化

transvestites 复数 transvestites

别名

TV

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or personal choice.

    异装癖者

    契弟

    过时

    Even though Steven used to dress up in his sister's clothes, it still came as a surprise he ended up as a transvestite.

  2. 2.

    A person, typically a heterosexual male, who compulsively seeks and derives paraphilic sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.

    医学 心理学
  3. 3.

    An animal that engages in sexual mimicry.

    过时 生物 动物学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

cross-dresser

上位词 6

someone person somebody soul individual mortal

词源

Borrowed from Latin trāns + vestītus, form of vestiō (“to clothe, to dress”) (as in English vestment, vest). Literally, a "cross-dresser". From transvestitism, from German Transvestitismus, coined in 1910 by Magnus Hirschfeld (the practice itself is much older).

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