female, feminine
这两个词是同义词,都有“女性的”意思,但涵义和使用场合有所不同。
female: 表示“女的”、“女性的”、“雌的”之意,着重指性别而言,经常与之搭配的词有:sex,child,friend,companion,heir,ruler,servant,ward,voice,figure,suffrage,education,animal,plant等,其对立词是male.
- yesterday we received a lot of guests,male and female,in victoria peak garden.
昨日我们在山顶公园接待了很多来宾,有男的也有女的。 - his younger sister, it is said, a female operative.
据说,他的妹妹是个女工。 - a doe is female deer.
牝鹿就是雌鹿。
feminine: 着重指“有女性气质的”之意,经常与之搭配的词有nature,sympathy,weakness,virtue,frivolity,curiosity,voice,pursuits,hobbies,clothes等,其对立词是masculine.
- she has got all the feminine virtues.
她具有全部女性的长处。 - this gentleman has got a feminine voice.
这位男士说话的声音像女子。