英语词汇“epicene”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ep·i·cene

(ĕpĭ-sēn′)

adj.

1. Having characteristics of both sexes.

2. Having characteristics traditionally ascribed to the other sex, especially as a male who is considered to be effeminate.

3. Having no characteristics of either sex.

4. Linguistics Having only one form for both the male and the female: an epicene pronoun.

1. One that is epicene.

2. Linguistics An epicene word.

[Middle English, having only one form of the noun for either gender, from Latin epicoenus, from Greek epikoinos, in common : epi-, epi- + koinos, common; see kom in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

epi·cen′ism n.

单词	epicene
释义	ep·i·cene (ĕpĭ-sēn′) adj. 1. Having characteristics of both sexes. 2. Having characteristics traditionally ascribed to the other sex, especially as a male who is considered to be effeminate. 3. Having no characteristics of either sex. 4. Linguistics Having only one form for both the male and the female: an epicene pronoun. n. 1. One that is epicene. 2. Linguistics An epicene word. [Middle English, having only one form of the noun for either gender, from Latin epicoenus, from Greek epikoinos, in common : epi-, epi- + koinos, common; see kom in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] epi·cen′ism n.
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