| 单词 | hermaphrodite |
| 释义 | hermaphrodite (once / 8046 pages) nadj A hermaphrodite is a person (or plant or animal) that has both male and female sexual organs. Hermaphrodites are rare. This is an unusual word for an unusual condition: being a boy and a girl at the same time. This happens to a small number of people who have the reproductive organs of both men and women. In appearance, a hermaphrodite might look more girlish or boyish, but they're kind of both. This word also applies to animals and plants, which can have both male and female equipment, too. WORD FAMILYhermaphrodite: hermaphrodites, hermaphroditic+/hermaphroditic: hermaphroditically USAGE EXAMPLESOr the formative adolescent encounter with a consumptive sideshow hermaphrodite in a Philadelphia railroad yard. Seattle Times(Nov 24, 2016) Was it hate speech when the nominee nicknamed another announcer “Hermie,” short for hermaphrodite? Washington Post(Oct 26, 2016) Most hermaphrodites transition from one sex to another at some stage in their development, a strategy known as sequential hermaphroditism. National Geographic(Jul 06, 2016) 1n one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made Syn|Hyper androgyne, epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, intersex bisexual, bisexual person a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes 2adj of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs Syn hermaphroditic androgynous having both male and female characteristics |
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