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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

epicene

/ep-i-seen/US // ˈɛp ɪˌsin //UK // (ˈɛpɪˌsiːn) //

磊晶,磊磊,磊落,磊石

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feminine阴性,阴柔,妩媚,阴性的sissy娘娘腔,娘炮,娘娘腔的,娘娘腔的人faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的frail羸弱的,脆弱的,体弱的,体弱drained精疲力尽,精疲力竭,精疲力尽的,精疲力竭的effeminate娘娘腔,娘娘腔的,妩媚,妩媚的effete圆滑,圆滑的,圆润,高效的emasculate阉割,阉割女性,阉割了,阉割掉enervated疲惫不堪,枯萎的,疲惫不堪的,枯萎exhausted疲惫不堪,疲惫不堪的,筋疲力尽,精疲力竭feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱flaccid软弱无力,松弛的,松弛,软弱无力的powerless无能为力,无力,无权,无权无势soft软,软的,软性,软体tired累了,疲惫,疲劳,疲倦unmanly不成体统,不像个男人,不像男人,不成体统的womanish女人味十足,女人味,妇人之仁,女人味十足的worn out破旧的,破旧,破旧不堪的,废旧的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lacking the typical characteristics of a particular gender or sex; sexless: Fashions in clothing are becoming increasingly epicene.
    • : flaccid; feeble; weak: an epicene style of writing.
    • : effeminate; unmasculine.
    • : of the same gender class regardless of the sex of the individual referred to, as the grammatically feminine Latin vulpēs “fox.”
    • : Grammar. capable of referring to any individual regardless of sex, as attendant, chairperson, Pat, one, or they; having common gender.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that is epicene.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.weak
Synonyms
faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的feminine阴性,阴柔,妩媚,阴性的frail羸弱的,脆弱的,体弱的,体弱sissy娘娘腔,娘炮,娘娘腔的,娘娘腔的人drained精疲力尽,精疲力竭,精疲力尽的,精疲力竭的effeminate娘娘腔,娘娘腔的,妩媚,妩媚的effete圆滑,圆滑的,圆润,高效的emasculate阉割,阉割女性,阉割了,阉割掉enervated疲惫不堪,枯萎的,疲惫不堪的,枯萎exhausted疲惫不堪,疲惫不堪的,筋疲力尽,精疲力竭feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱flaccid软弱无力,松弛的,松弛,软弱无力的powerless无能为力,无力,无权,无权无势sissyish娘娘腔,娘娘腔的,娘娘腔的人,娘炮soft软,软的,软性,软体tired累了,疲惫,疲劳,疲倦unmanly不成体统,不像个男人,不像男人,不成体统的womanish女人味十足,女人味,妇人之仁,女人味十足的worn out破旧的,破旧,破旧不堪的,废旧的

Examples

  • The courtiers were an effete and in some cases epicene crew.

  • In English grammar there are no true epicene nouns, but the term is sometimes used instead of common gender.

  • The latest development of the impulses which animate the epicene sex has taken its expression in after-dinner oratory.

  • This seemed to him an odd way to look at things, and he boggled over a phrase about an "epicene lily."

  • What's the meaning of this; and what, may I ask, is the intention of this—this epicene attire?

  • He was a great contrast to the epicene bird-like creature who had lorded it over the civic fortunes of Valladolid.

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