effeminate

英式音标：[ɪˈfemɪnət]

美式音标：[ɪˈfɛmənɪt]

词语分类：TEM8,GRE

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概况：

adj. 柔弱的；女人气的

n. 女子气的男人

vt. 使柔弱；使无男子汉气概

vi. 变得无男子汉气概；变得柔弱

词义：

adj.

（指男人）柔弱的，女人气的；

英英释义

effeminate[ i'feminət ]

adj.having unsuitable feminine qualities

同义词：emasculateepicenecissysissifiedsissyishsissy

用法：

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

He has an effeminate manner.
他的举止像女人。

He spoke in an effeminate voice.
他讲起话来一副娘娘腔。

His character is effeminate.
他的性格很懦弱。

权威例句

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[Book review] colonial masculinity, the'manly englishman'and the'effeminate bengali'in the late nineteenth century

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同义词：sybaritic,female,emasculate

同根词：effeminize,effeminacy

英语词源：

effeminate (adj.)

late 14c., "womanish; voluptuous; tender," from Latin effeminatus "womanish, effeminate," past participle of effeminare "make a woman of," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + femina "woman" (see feminine). Rarely used but in reproach. The noun meaning "effeminate person" is from 1590s. Related: Effeminately; effemination.

造句：

1. the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man).

像柔弱的女人一样的特征（用于对男子的贬损）。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

2. He spoke in an effeminate voice.

他讲起话来一副娘娘腔。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. She wondered for a moment whether he might be what people called effeminate, but she dismissed the idea quickly.

她担心地想，他会不会是人们所说的那种阴阳人？但很快她就否定了自己的假想。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. an effeminate walk.

无力的步子。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

5. a pampered darling; an effeminate man.

饮食奢侈的亲爱的人；柔弱娇气女人气的男人。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

6. an effeminate manner, voice, walk

像女人的举止、 声音、 走路姿态.

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

7. effeminate art

颓废的艺术

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

8. The quality or condition of being effeminate.

女人气的特征或状态

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

9. A boy or man who is considered weak or effeminate.

娘娘腔的男人被认为虚弱或女人气的男孩或男人

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

10. Effeminate indecisive hesitant

婆婆妈妈

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语