famale词意辨析
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。
famale例句
- I doubt if there will be a female president in this country in my lifetime.
我怀疑在我有生之年这个国家会不会出现一位女总统。
- The male's orange beak differentiates it from the female.
那种鸟雄鸟的喙呈橙色,与雌鸟不同。
- The male sperm fertilizes the female egg.
雄性的精子使雌性的卵子受精。
- The male and female genders are equal.
男性和女性是平等的。
- Men begin to enter female jobs out of consideration for personal interest.
出于个人利益考虑,男子开始介入女子的工作领域。
- The male voice is deeper than the female.
男性的嗓音比女性的低沉。
- All the female workers in this factory got a present on March 8.
这家工厂的所有女职工在三八节都得到了一份礼物。