sex1 /seks/ ●●● S1 W2 AWL noun 1 [uncountableU]SY the physical activity that two people do together in order to produce babies, or for pleasure 性交,性行为 → sexual All you see on TV is sex and violence these days. 如今在电视上看到的尽是性和暴力。
They had sex in the back seat of his car. 他们在他的汽车后座上做了爱。
She no longer wanted to have sex with him. 她再也不想和他做爱了。
premarital sex/sex before marriage (=sex happening before marriage) 婚前性行为
the dangers of casual sex (=having sex with someone without intending to have a serious relationship) 性关系随便的危险性
safe sex (=ways of having sex that reduce the spread of sexual diseases) 安全性交
unprotected sex (=sex without a condom) 无保护措施的性行为
2 [uncountableU]HBSEX/GENDER whether a person, plant, or animal is male or female 〔人、植物、动物的〕性别 Put your name and sex at the top of the form. 在表格的上端填上你的姓名和性别。
3 [countableC] all men, considered as a group, or all women, considered as a group 男性;女性 → sexual He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex (=people that were not his own sex). 他觉得很难和异性交谈。
People of both sexes (=both men and women) buy her records. 男男女女都买她的唱片。
4. single-sex school/college etc British EnglishBrE a school etc for either males or females, but not for both together 单一性别的学校/学院等