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sex-linked

/seks-lingkt/US // ˈsɛksˌlɪŋkt //

有性关系的,有性别联系的,有性联结的,有性联动的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Genetics.

    • : located in a sex chromosome.
    • : determined by a gene located in a sex chromosome.

Examples

  • However much we gossip about heterosexual couples with large age gaps, we at least refrain from calling them sex offenders.

  • Scruff believes that sex is not the primary concern of users.

  • The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.

  • To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.

  • Bush busy engaging constituents on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate ahead of the 2004 presidential election.

  • Are you quite sure you have never suffered from this rather common disorder, gentle reader, at least, if you be of the male sex?

  • But if you restrict it, to the sense in which it is commonly applied to the angelic sex, I am not prepared to answer.

  • As public accuser, he caused the death of immense numbers, of all ages and either sex.

  • That he might lose his head and 'introduce an element of sex' was conscience confessing that it had been already introduced.

  • He respected her courage and obvious power to rise above the personal attitude of her sex.