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

• 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。
• The trait of being effeminate ( derogatory of a man).
  像柔弱的女人一样的特征（用于对男子的贬损）。
• Falls on us, to be call'd effeminate;
  落在了我们身上，那叫做-女人般的柔情；
• 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。
• Used as a disparaging term for a man or boy who is considered effeminate. In this position, the woman lies on her back with her legs spread apart, and the man gets on top of her.
  女性化的男子对被认为有女子气的男子或男孩的贬称在这种姿势中，女性背卧着，双脚分开，男性则趴在女性上面。
• The system makes boys effeminate and girls masculine.
  这种体制使得男孩娘娘腔，使女孩变得男人腔。
• They thought me mannered and rather effeminate.
  他们认为我矫揉造作并且有点女人腔。
• 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？
• Wen tingyun's Ci poems are effeminate, redolent with the fragrance of women.
  温庭筠的词带有脂粉气。