effeminate

英 [ɪˈfemɪnət]

美 [ɪˈfemɪnət]

adj.  女人气的

GRETEM8

BNC.33376 / COCA.27156

牛津词典

adj.

• 女人气的
  looking, behaving or sounding like a woman or a girl

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （男子）娘娘腔的，女人气的
  If you describe a man or boy aseffeminate, you think he behaves, looks, or sounds like a woman or girl.
  1. ...a skinny, effeminate guy in lipstick and earrings...
     涂着口红、戴着耳环、一身女人气的瘦骨嶙峋的男人
  2. His voice was curiously high-pitched, reedy, almost effeminate.
     他的嗓音出奇地高，尖声尖气，有些娘娘腔。

英英释义

adj

• having unsuitable feminine qualities
  Synonym:emasculateepicenecissysissifiedsissyishsissy

双语例句

• They are held to be somewhat effeminate.
  他们有一点儿女人气。
• Proponents of the new beard movement ( yes, it was called that) argued that the bondage of the beard to the dictatorship of an effeminate fashion had yielded a world of woman-faced men.
  新兴的络腮胡运动（是的，就叫这个名字）的倡导者们提出，对络腮胡的禁锢，是一种娘娘腔时尚的专制，导致这个世界到处是长着女人脸的男人。
• If you see a man who is not effeminate, you might ignore it or say maybe he's not really gay after all.
  如果你看到不是娘娘腔的同性恋者，你可能会忽视他，或者认为他不是真的同性恋者。
• A pale, delicate, effeminate boy, who might have been taken for my master's younger brother, so strong was the resemblance: but there was a sickly peevishness in his aspect, that Edgar Linton never had.
  一个苍白的、娇滴滴的、柔弱的男孩子，简直可以当我主人的小弟弟：两个人是这么相像：可是在他的相貌上有一种病态的乖僻，那是埃德加林惇从来没有的。
• I am tired of wondering if a potential employer finds me too effeminate or if I need to carry mace on-campus.
  我对于自己总是担心雇主会发现我过于女人气，或是总是想着在校园里走动时要不要带着喷雾催泪器护身这些想法感到疲惫。
• Will he look much or a bit effeminate?
  他应该看起来非常或者有些柔弱还是强壮？
• Contrary to his effeminate appearance, he said without reserve during interview.
  相对于他的优柔寡断，在访谈过程中他毫无保留。
• Effeminate: Having qualities or characteristics more often associated with women than men.
  女子气的：具有胜过男人的女人气质或特点的。
• Wen tingyun's Ci poems are effeminate, redolent with the fragrance of women.
  温庭筠的词带有脂粉气。
• But his perceived effeminate voice only drew big gales ofstupid laughter.
  但是他的娘娘腔声音只是引来了一阵阵的愚蠢笑声。