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

• He was brought up by pious female relatives.
  他是由虔诚的女性亲属带大的。
• Norwegian whalers said yesterday they had harpooned a female minke whale.
  挪威的捕鲸人说昨天他们用捕鲸叉捕获了一头雌性小须鲸。
• Only 13 per cent of consultants are female.
  高级顾问医师中只有13%是女性。
• Her text is believed to be the oldest surviving manuscript by a female physician.
  她的文献据信是现存最古老的、由女性内科医生留下的手稿。
• Figs have male and female flowers.
  无花果有雄花和雌花。
• Like most female athletes, she was lean and muscular.
  像大多女运动员一样，她清瘦但肌肉发达。
• 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。
• During the time she is paired to a male, the female allows no other males to copulate with her
  雌性与雄性配对时，雌性不允许其他雄性与之交配。
• Each female will lay just one egg in April or May.
  每个雌体四五月份只产一粒卵。
• Female socialization emphasizes getting along with others.
  女性的社会化强调与人相处。