| 单词 | sexual characteristic |
| 释义 | sexual characteristic (once / 223006 pages) n WORD FAMILY sexual characteristic: sexual characteristics USAGE EXAMPLESAs for the horned fangs, Selden believes they are a sexual characteristic that enables males and females of the species to recognize each other. National Geographic(Jul 13, 2016) Sea stars have no secondary sexual characteristics; you have to dissect one to tell whether it’s male or female. Washington Times(Aug 30, 2015) Males and females of a species typically possess different sexual characteristics determined by their chromosomes, but sometimes, nature tosses a chromosomal curve ball. Slate(Jan 30, 2015) n those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other Syn|Hypo|Hyper sex character, sex characteristic primary sex character, primary sex characteristic, primary sexual characteristic the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction) secondary sex character, secondary sex characteristic, secondary sexual characteristicthe genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature) virilismthe development of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female (or prematurely in a young boy) characteristic, feature a prominent attribute or aspect of something |
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