| 释义 |
ˈsexing, vbl. n.
[f. sex v. + -ing1.]
1. Attribution of sex.
1834Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. III. 6 ‘That blind and unconscious matter cannot, by any of her combinations,’ (Why her? This sexing is a stock receipt for mystification). 1970Nature 11 July 190/1 None of these specimens was sufficiently mature to allow accurate sexing. 1973Ibid. 14 Dec. 423/2 Final proof of an increase in frequency of Y sperm must await sexing of offspring conceived of spermatozoa exposed to the isolation process.
2. With up: see sex v. 2.
1954Koestler Invisible Writing xxxi. 330 [Otto] thought that a little sexing-up of the war could do no harm. |