sex1 /seks/ ●●● S1 W2 AWL noun1 [uncountableU]SY the physical activity that two people do together in order to produce babies, or for pleasure 性交,性行爲 → sexualAll you see on TV is sex and violence these days. 如今在電視上看到的盡是性和暴力。
They had sex in the back seat of his car. 他們在他的汽車後座上做了愛。
She no longer wanted to have sex with him. 她再也不想和他做愛了。
premarital sex/sex before marriage (=sex happening before marriage) 婚前性行爲
the dangers of casual sex (=having sex with someone without intending to have a serious relationship) 性關系随便的危險性
safe sex (=ways of having sex that reduce the spread of sexual diseases) 安全性交
unprotected sex (=sex without a condom) 無保護措施的性行爲
2 [uncountableU]HBSEX/GENDER whether a person, plant, or animal is male or female 〔人、植物、動物的〕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 → sexualHe found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex (=people that were not his own sex). 他覺得很難和異性交談。
People of both sexes (=both men and women) buy her records. 男男女女都買她的唱片。
4. single-sex school/college etc British EnglishBrE a school etc for either males or females, but not for both together 單一性别的學校/學院等