| 单词 | he-she |
| 释义 | > as lemmashe-she he-she n. (and adj.) usually derogatory and offensive a person regarded as having both male and female attributes; a hermaphrodite, transvestite, or transsexual, (later) esp. a male-to-female transgender or transsexual person; (occasionally) a lesbian who adopts a traditionally masculine identity or appearance; also as adj. ΚΠ a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 13 Pope John-Joan..this He-She..is generally believed born at Ments. 1754 J. Shebbeare Marriage Act II. lii. 100 A He-she thing! a Disgrace to his Sex! 1799 M. Robinson False Friend II. 77 I make no doubt but you will shortly become a he-she philosopher; that you will pretend to inculcate new doctrines, on the potency of feminine understanding, and the absurdity of sexual subordination. 1877 Spirit of Times 15 Dec. 531/3 Riccardo, the he-she nightingale, is splendid in his female impersonation. 1964 H. A. Tyler Pueblo Gods & Myths iii. 81 The ultimate Zuñi god, A'wonawil'ona, is, like the Greek Phanes, a ‘he-she’. 2001 S. P. O'Connell Outspeak v. 172 Jess is a stone dyke who from an early age simply is a he/she, a woman who is masculine but not a transexual. 2001 J. Ellroy Cold Six Thousand xxvi. 147 One guy beat Murder One. Said guy shivved a he-she at a drag queen ball. Said guy proved self-defense. < as lemmas |
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