female

英 [ˈfiːmeɪl]

美 [ˈfiːmeɪl]

adj.  女的; 女性的; 雌的; 母的; 妇女的; 女性特有的
n.  雌性动物; 雌性植物; 雌株; 女子

复数：females　

高考CET4CET6考研IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1563 / COCA.1396

牛津词典

adj.

• 女的；女性的
  being a woman or a girl
  1. a female student/employee/artist
     女学生 / 雇员 / 艺术家
  2. Two of the candidates must be female.
     候选人中必须有两名是女性。
• 雌的；母的
  of the sex that can lay eggs or give birth to babies
  1. a female cat
     母猫
• 女性的；妇女的；女性特有的
  of women; typical of women; affecting women
  1. female characteristics
     女性特征
  2. the female role
     妇女的角色
• 能结果实的；雌性的；有雌蕊的
  that can produce fruit
• 阴的；内孔的；凹的
  having a hole that another part fits into
  1. a female plug
     内孔插头

noun

• 雌性动物；雌性植物；雌株
  an animal that can lay eggs or give birth to babies; a plant that can produce fruit
• 女子
  a woman or a girl
  1. More females than males are employed in the factory.
     这家工厂雇用的女性比男性多。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 女性的;女人的
  Someone who isfemaleis a woman or a girl.
  1. ...a sixteen-piece dance band with a female singer...
     16 人组成的伴舞乐队和一位女歌手
  2. Their aim is equal numbers of male and female MPs by the year 2000...
     他们的目标是 2000 年前使国会议员中男女人数相等。
  3. Only 13 per cent of consultants are female.
     高级顾问医师中只有 13％是女性。
• N-COUNT 女性;女子
  Women and girls are sometimes referred to asfemaleswhen they are being considered as a type.
  1. But the average young female in this country now is stylish and remarkably confident...
     但该国普通年轻女子现在都非常时髦，而且极其自信。
  2. Hay fever affects males more than females.
     男性的花粉热感染率比女性高。
• ADJ 女性的;影响女性的
  Femalematters and things relate to, belong to, or affect women rather than men.
  1. ...female infertility.
     女性不孕症
  2. ...a purveyor of female undergarments...
     女式内衣供应商
  3. I realize there's no consensus on what are male or female values.
     我意识到人们对什么是男性价值观和什么是女性价值观并无共识。
• N-COUNT 雌性生物
  You can refer to any creature that can lay eggs or produce babies from its body as afemale.
  1. Each female will lay just one egg in April or May.
     每个雌体四五月份只产一粒卵。
  2. Femaleis also an adjective.
     
  3. ...the scent given off by the female aphid to attract the male.
     雌蚜虫释放出的吸引雄蚜虫的气味
• ADJ (花或植物)雌性的，有雌蕊的
  Afemaleflower or plant contains the part that will become the fruit when it is fertilized.
  1. Figs have male and female flowers.
     无花果有雄花和雌花。

英英释义

noun

• an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
• a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
  Synonym:female person

adj

• being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
  1. a female heir
  2. female holly trees bear the berries
• for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls
  1. the female lead in the play
  2. a female chorus
• characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
  1. female sensitiveness
  2. female suffrage
  Synonym:distaff

双语例句

• Marty of New York describes herself as a straight female.
  纽约的马蒂称自己不是女同性恋者。
• Is it a male or a female?
  它是雄的还是雌的？
• He was brought up by pious female relatives.
  他是由虔诚的女性亲属带大的。
• In him the polarities of life are resolved and balanced: male and female, strength and compassion, severity and mercy.
  在他身上，生命的两面性达到了调和与平衡：阳刚和阴柔、强悍和怜悯，还有严厉和仁慈。
• Hay fever affects males more than females.
  男性的花粉热感染率比女性高。
• Their aim is equal numbers of male and female MPs by the year 2000
  他们的目标是2000年前使国会议员中男女人数相等。
• Stowe gives a stirring performance as a strong spirited female.
  斯托扮演了一位坚强而且充满活力的女性，她的表演震撼人心。
• Bruce Willis plays a lippy cop battling it out with a female partner.
  布鲁斯·威利斯扮演一个言辞莽撞、与女搭档唇枪舌剑的警察。
• We live in a world of duality, day and night, positive and negative, male and female, etc.
  我们生活在一个二元对立的世界：昼和夜，正和负，男和女等等。
• In 1979, only 2% of British professors were female.
  1979年，英国只有2%的教授是女性。