epicene

美 ['ep?si:n] 　英 ['ep?si:n]

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：epicenes

英漢雙解

adj.

1.	兼具男女兩性特征的；缺乏性特征的having characteristics of both the male and female sex or of neither sex in particular

epicene beauty

兼具陽(yáng)剛和陰柔之美

2.	通性的having one form to represent male and female

You can write ‘s/he’ as an epicene pronoun when you are not referring to men or women in particular.

不特指男性或女性時(shí)可以寫成 s/he 表示通性代詞。

英漢解釋

adj.	1. 【語(yǔ)】?jī)尚酝ㄓ玫?通性 2. 【生】兼有兩性的;無(wú)男女區(qū)別的;有女人氣的
n.	1. 通性詞 2. 兼有兩性特征的人

英英解釋

adj.	1. having both male and female characteristics 2. of neither male nor female gender 3. lacking vigour and strength 4. describes a male having typically female characteristics 5. having only one grammatical form for both masculine and feminine in languages where nouns have genders
n.	1. a person of indeterminate gender 2. a noun with the same grammatical form for both masculine and feminine in languages where nouns have genders

例句

Today, fashions in clothing are becoming increasingly ~~epicene~~.

如今服裝的流行款式越來(lái)越中性了。

We could all remain perpetual children, clean, happy, ~~epicene~~ Peter Pans.

我們都能和彼得·潘一樣永遠(yuǎn)孩子般純潔、愉快，沒有性別差異。

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