feminine

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fem·i·nine /ˈfemɪnɪn/ adjectiveadj

1 WOMANhaving qualities that are considered to be typical of women, especially by being gentle, delicate, and pretty 女性特有的

Dianne loved pretty feminine things.

黛安娜喜爱漂亮有女人味的东西。

► see thesaurus at woman

2 relating to being female 女性的，妇女的 SYN female

traditional feminine roles

传统的女性角色

Amelia’s report describes the experience from a feminine point of view.

阿梅莉亚的报道从女性角度描写了这种经历。

3. SLGa feminine noun, pronoun etc belongs to a class of words that have different inflections from masculine or neuter words 〔名词、代词等〕阴性的 → masculine

Examples from the Corpus

feminine• Hairstyles this autumn are long, soft and very feminine.• The blossoms also signify the feminine characteristics of softness, mildness and peacefulness.• Lindsay wears very feminine clothes - pretty dresses with flowers on and things like that.• How can I persuade my tomboy daughter to wear feminine clothes?• She is feminine enough to maintain her own identity.• We need to articulate the feminine position and explore its possibilities.• the rounded feminine shape• Lane stressed the importance of feminine values like non-competition.• Their goal is to be masculine men and feminine women.

Origin feminine

(1300-1400) Old French Latin femina “woman”

fem·i·nine adjectiveadj

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