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 thought me mannered and rather effeminate.
  他们认为我矫揉造作并且有点女人腔。
• You mean he is effeminate?
  你是说他是娘娘腔？
• The word effeminate the way it is ordinarily used refers to this one sub-class of men. Right?
  娘娘腔这个词常常被用于，指这一类男子，是吗？
• Playing the adult Cheng, HK actor Leslie Cheung conveys in a glance the intensity of his feelings for his "king" through his finely sculpted, effeminate features.
  饰演成年蝶衣的香港演员张国荣以他细腻的刻划和描绘表现了他对“霸王”的强烈情感。
• 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 find European males slightly effeminate.
  他们发现欧洲的男子都带一点脂粉气。
• 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。
• The girlfriend voice is characterized by a higher pitch and a more effeminate tone with speech patterns scattered with pet names and childish words.
  这种变化主要体现为：声调提高、语调更显温柔，并且不是夹杂着各种爱称和幼稚的语言。
• At the end of the 19th century its narrative of obsession, murder and hedonism offended Victorian society, with critics dubbing The Picture of Dorian Grey everything from effeminate to unclean.
  十九世纪末，这部小说中对痴恋、谋杀及享乐主义的记叙与当时的社会格格不入，评论者对《道林格雷的画像》批评从女人气到不纯洁。
• 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？