female

adj.女性的；雌性的；能结果实的；电气设备阴的

n.女人；雌性动物；雌性植物，雌株

adj.

1. 女的；女性的
   being a woman or a girl
   1. a female student/employee/artist
      女学生 / 雇员 / 艺术家
   2. Two of the candidates must be female.
      候选人中必须有两名是女性。
2. 雌的；母的
   of the sex that can lay eggs or give birth to babies
   1. a female cat
      母猫
3. 女性的；妇女的；女性特有的
   of women; typical of women; affecting women
   1. female characteristics
      女性特征
   2. the female role
      妇女的角色
4. 能结果实的；雌性的；有雌蕊的
   that can produce fruit
5. 阴的；内孔的；凹的
   having a hole that another part fits into
   1. a female plug
      内孔插头

noun

1. 雌性动物；雌性植物；雌株
   an animal that can lay eggs or give birth to babies; a plant that can produce fruit
2. 女子
   a woman or a girl
   1. More females than males are employed in the factory.
      这家工厂雇用的女性比男性多。

名词复数形式:females

female 女性的

来自拉丁词根fe, 吮吸，吸奶，乳汁，词源同felicity, fecund. -m, 鼻音字母。即喂奶的人，女人。

1. He had been used to female adoration all his life.
   他一生中已经对女性的爱慕习以为常了。
2. During the time she is paired to a male, the female allows no other males to copulate with her
   雌性与雄性配对时，雌性不允许其他雄性与之交配。
3. Valentino was virtually deified by legions of female fans.
   瓦伦蒂诺几乎被众多的女性崇拜者奉若神明。
4. The female role has been downgraded altogether in the drive for greater equality.
   在争取更多平等的运动中，女性角色完全被贬低了。
5. We live in a world of duality, day and night, positive and negative, male and female, etc.
   我们生活在一个二元对立的世界：昼和夜，正和负，男和女等等。
6. Their aim is equal numbers of male and female MPs by the year 2000
   他们的目标是2000年前使国会议员中男女人数相等。
7. Only 13 per cent of consultants are female.
   高级顾问医师中只有13%是女性。
8. But the average young female in this country now is stylish and remarkably confident
   但该国普通年轻女子现在都非常时髦，而且极其自信。
9. Hay fever affects males more than females.
   男性的花粉热感染率比女性高。
10. I realize there's no consensus on what are male or female values.
    我意识到人们对什么是男性价值观和什么是女性价值观并无共识。
11. Each female will lay just one egg in April or May.
    每个雌体四五月份只产一粒卵。
12. Figs have male and female flowers.
    无花果有雄花和雌花。
13. Norwegian whalers said yesterday they had harpooned a female minke whale.
    挪威的捕鲸人说昨天他们用捕鲸叉捕获了一头雌性小须鲸。
14. Female bears tend to line their dens with leaves or grass.
    母熊往往会在洞穴里垫些树叶或草。
15. Bruce Willis plays a lippy cop battling it out with a female partner.
    布鲁斯·威利斯扮演一个言辞莽撞、与女搭档唇枪舌剑的警察。
16. Like most female athletes, she was lean and muscular.
    像大多女运动员一样，她清瘦但肌肉发达。
17. Janis Joplin was the personification of the '60s female rock singer
    贾尼斯·乔普林是20世纪60年代摇滚女歌手的代表。
18. He was brought up by pious female relatives.
    他是由虔诚的女性亲属带大的。
19. In him the polarities of life are resolved and balanced: male and female, strength and compassion, severity and mercy.
    在他身上，生命的两面性达到了调和与平衡：阳刚和阴柔、强悍和怜悯，还有严厉和仁慈。
20. In 1979, only 2% of British professors were female.
    1979年，英国只有2%的教授是女性。
21. The British Foreign Office has decided the time is ripe to send its first female ambassador to the region.
    英国外交部作出决定现在可以向该地区派驻第一位女大使。
22. Many mothers schooled their daughters in the myth of female inferiority
    许多母亲把男尊女卑的错误观念传给了她们的女儿。
23. Female socialization emphasizes getting along with others.
    女性的社会化强调与人相处。
24. Stowe gives a stirring performance as a strong spirited female.
    斯托扮演了一位坚强而且充满活力的女性，她的表演震撼人心。
25. Marty of New York describes herself as a straight female.
    纽约的马蒂称自己不是女同性恋者。
26. Her text is believed to be the oldest surviving manuscript by a female physician.
    她的文献据信是现存最古老的、由女性内科医生留下的手稿。
27. Female migrants are typically very young.
    女性移民通常都非常年轻。
28. To be female is not a disability; it is just a particular way of being human.
    身为女性并不意味着不便；这只是人类一种特定的存在形式。
29. Is it a male or a female?
    它是雄的还是雌的？