female

【发音】

美 /'fimel/ 英 /'fiːmeɪl/

【翻译】

1. adj. 雌的； 女的

   英释:relating to women or girls

2. n.雌性动物；女子

   英释:an animal that belongs to the sex that can have babies or produce eggs

【记忆】

雌(female)雄(male)相吸

【短语】

1. male and female : 雌雄；[化]凹凸面

2. female flower : 雌花

3. female parent : [生]母本

4. female friend : 女性朋友

5. female voice : 女声

6. female die : 下半模；阴模

7. female sex hormone : [医]雌激素

【例句】

1. female voters

   女性选民

2. Over half of the staff is female.

   半数以上的员工是女性。

【真题例句】

1. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...the day for treating and celebrating female relatives...

2. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...female colleagues that military spending is too high...

3. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Every year Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the country's top universities...

4. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...When Carly Fiorida became Hewlett-Packard’s first female chief executive officer...

5. (2011.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills...

【同、近义词】

1. adj.女性的；[生物]雌性的；柔弱的，柔和的

   delicate/feminine/

2. n.女人；[植][动]雌性动物

   she/jenny/

【同根词】

1. n

   femininity : 温柔；柔弱性；女子本性

   femaleness : 女性特征；女子本性

   feminization : 女性化；阴性化；雌性化

2. vi

   feminise : 女性化；带女子气（等于feminize）

   feminize : 女性化；雌性化

3. vt

   feminise : （英）使女性化；使带女子气

   feminize : 使……女性化；具有女性风度