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。
• There's nothing effeminate about it& you have to be incredibly fit to dance.
  其实芭蕾并不‘女人气’，反而需要健康的体魄才能跳好。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Falls on us, to be call'd effeminate;
  落在了我们身上，那叫做-女人般的柔情；
• They find European males slightly effeminate.
  他们发现欧洲的男子都带一点脂粉气。
• 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？