Effeminate
[ɪ'femɪnət] or [ɪ'fɛmɪnət]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.
(a.) Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.
(v. t.) To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
(v. i.) To grow womanish or weak.
編輯:维姬
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Womanish, feminine, timorous, unmanly.[2]. Delicate, tender, womanly (in a good sense).
v. a. Unman, soften, emasculate, emolliate, make effeminate.
校對:罗杰
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Feminine, delicate, womanly, womanish, timorous, feeble, mild_mannered, soft,unmanly, weak, enervated, emasculated
ANT:Manly, robust, vigorous, virile, hardy
达琳錄入
解釋/意思:
adj. womanish: unmanly: weak: cowardly: voluptuous.—n. an effeminate person.—v.t. to make womanish: to unman: to weaken.—v.i. to become effeminate.—n. Effem′inacy womanish softness or weakness: indulgence in unmanly pleasures.—adv. Effem′inately.—n. Effem′inateness.
手打:曼弗雷德
例句/造句/用法:
- I would say,' answered Charmidas, 'that he was a mean-spirited, effeminate fellow. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- She commenced to laugh, dropping the imitation of the almost effeminate bullfighter's voice and booming again now. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- He said he was vain, selfish, lazy, and effeminate. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Julia's attitudes, though graceful, were studied and luxurious; but always modest and effeminate. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- There was a voluptuous and purely effeminate languor about Julia's character, which was well adapted to the eastern style of dress. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Her dancing, we both agreed, was perfection: speaking of what was most truly graceful, effeminate and ladylike. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
手打:曼弗雷德