單詞
epicene
英 ['ep?si?n]
美['?p?sin]
基本信息
- adj. 通性的；有兩性特征的
- n. 陰陽人
中文詞源
epicene 缺乏性特征的
epi-, 在上，在中。-cene, 公共，共性的，來自PIE*kom, 相伴，一起，詞源同前綴com-,con-.原指一種不含陰性，陽性的拉丁文語法結(jié)構(gòu)，后引申詞義缺乏性特征的。
英文詞源
- epicene (adj.)
- "belonging to or including both sexes," mid-15c., epycen, originally a grammatical term for nouns that may denote either gender, from Latin epicoenus "common," from Greek epikoinos "common to many, promiscuous," from epi "on" (see epi-) + koinos "common" (see coeno-). English has no need of it in its grammatical sense. Extended sense of "characteristic of both sexes" first recorded in English c. 1600; that of "effeminate" is from 1630s.
雙語例句
- 1. Today, fashions in clothing are becoming increasingly epicene.
- 今天服裝的流行款式越來越中性了.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Judy is an epicene person.
- 朱迪是個(gè)陰陽人.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Mr. Green's epicene style of writing appeals to nobody.
- 沒有人對格林先生軟弱的文體發(fā)生興趣.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. He was entrancing, with that epicene beauty.
- 他是迷人的, 帶著女性美.
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