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单词 asexual
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asexual

(eɪsekʃuəl)
1. adjective
Something that is asexual involves no sexual activity.
Their relationship was totally asexual.
...asexual reproduction.
asexually adverb [usually ADVERB with verb, oft ADVERB adjective]
Many fungi can reproduce asexually.
2. adjective
Asexual creatures and plants have no sexual organs.
...asexual parasites.
3. adjective
Someone who is asexual is not sexually attracted to other people.
It is another unfortunate myth of our culture that older people are asexual.
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asexual in British English

(eɪˈsɛksjʊəl)
adjective
1. 
having no apparent sex or sex organs
2. 
(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes, as in vegetative reproduction, fission, or budding
3. 
(of a person) not sexually attracted to other people
Derived forms
asexuality (eɪˌsɛksjʊˈælɪtɪ)
noun
asexually (aˈsexually)
adverb

asexual in American English

(eɪˈsɛkʃuəl)
adjective
1. 
having no sex or sexual organs; sexless
2. 
designating or of reproduction without the union of male and female germ cells: budding and fission are types of asexual reproduction
3. 
not sexual; without sexuality
asexual clothing
Derived forms
asexuality (aˌsexuˈality) (eɪˌsɛkʃuˈæləti)
noun
asexually (aˈsexually)
adverb

Synonyms of 'asexual'

sexless, neutral, neuter
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(adjective) 
Definition
(of reproduction) not involving sexual activity
asexual parasites
Synonyms
sexless
The research team has made a mistake by keeping the robots sexless.
neutral
neuter
I consider myself neuter, neither masculine nor feminine.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of neuter
Definition
(of animals and plants) sexually underdeveloped
I consider myself neuter, neither masculine nor feminine.
Synonyms
sexless,
androgynous,
asexual,
hermaphrodite,
nonsexual,
epicene

Nearby words of
asexual

  • ascetic
  • asceticism
  • ascribe
  • asexual
  • asexuality
  • ash
  • ashamed

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