ep.i.cene
adj.(形容词)Belonging to or having the characteristics of both the male and the female:通性的:同时具有男性和女性的特征或属于两性的:例句:an epicene statue.通性的塑像
Effeminate; unmanly.有女人气的;没有男子气慨的Sexless; neuter.无两性特征的;中性的Linguistics Having only one form of the noun for both the male and the female.【语言学】 通性词的:只有一个名词同时适用于男性和女性的n.(名词)One that is epicene.具有两性特征的人Linguistics An epicene word.【语言学】 通性词
来源:Middle English [having only one form of the noun for either gender] 中古英语 [只有一个名词同时适用于两性的] from Latin epicoenus 源自 拉丁语 epicoenus from Greek epikoinos [in common] 源自 希腊语 epikoinos [普遍地] epi- [epi-] epi- [前缀,表.在…之间.] koinos [common] * see kom koinos [普遍的] *参见 kom
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ep.icen.ism
n.(名词)