| 单词 | sexuality |
| 释义 | sexuality (once / 4442 pages) n The noun sexuality can refer to sexual matters of all kinds. It often describes having sexual feelings. A novel about a teenager growing up may examine the awakening sexuality of its main character. Sexuality also describes a person's sexual preferences and orientation — meaning whether you're gay or straight. Sexuality can refer to erotic experiences, but it can also be used broadly to refer to how organisms — whether human or animal — reproduce. There are scientists who exclusively study sexuality, from the mating habits of animals to the peculiarities of how humans pair up. WORD FAMILYsexual: bisexual, intersexual, nonsexual, sexualise, sexuality, sexualize, sexually, transsexual+/bisexual: bisexuality, bisexually, bisexuals/desexualize: desexualized/intersex: intersexes/nonsexual: nonsexually/sex: intersex, oversexed, sexed, sexes, sexing, sexism, sexless, sexual, sexy, undersexed, unsex/sexism: sexist/sexist: sexists/sexless: sexlessly, sexlessness/sexualise: desexualise/sexualize: desexualize, sexualized, sexualizes, sexualizing/sexy: sexier, sexiest, sexily, sexiness, unsexy/transsexual: transsexualism, transsexuals/unsex: unsexed, unsexes, unsexing USAGE EXAMPLESHis job lost, his family struggling to accept his sexuality, Ma set out to turn his passion for connecting gay people into an empire. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Michael skirted around his sexuality for nearly two decades. Salon(Dec 27, 2016) Of all the music, all the forms of sexuality that might have been on offer to the youth in 1984, “Darling Nikki” was first-rate. The New Yorker(Dec 27, 2016) n the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles Syn|Hypo|Hyper gender, sex maleness, masculinity the properties characteristic of the male sex androgyny, bisexuality, hermaphroditismshowing characteristics of both sexes femaleness, femininenessthe properties characteristic of the female sex virilitythe masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation physiological property a property having to do with the functioning of the body |
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