单词 | hermaphrodite |
释义 | Word Frequency hermaphrodite(hɜːˈmæfrəˌdaɪt) noun 1. biology an individual animal or flower that has both male and female reproductive organs 2. sometimes offensive a person having both male and female sexual characteristics and genital tissues Preferred term: intersex3. a person or thing in which two opposite forces or qualities are combined adjective 4. having the characteristics of a hermaphrodite Derived forms hermaphroditic (herˌmaphroˈditic) or hermaphroditical (herˌmaphroˈditical) adjective hermaphroditically (herˌmaphroˈditically) adverb hermaphroditism (herˈmaphroditˌism) noun Word origin C15: from Latin hermaphrodītus, from Greek, after Hermaphroditus |
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