[U] 性别,性 condition of being male or female; gender
[U] 性行为,性吸引,性感 activities that lead to and include sexual intercourse; mutual physical attraction between people
[C] 男性;女性;雄性;雌性 either of the two groups that people, animals and plants are divided into according to their function of producing young
英英释义
Noun
activities associated with sexual intercourse;
"they had sex in the back seat"
either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided;
"the war between the sexes"
all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses;
"he wanted a better sex life" "the film contained no sex or violence"
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles;
"she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus"
Verb
stimulate sexually;
"This movie usually arouses the male audience"
tell the sex (of young chickens)
组词搭配
动词+~
betray one's sex暴露自己的性别
discuss sex讨论性问题
disguise the true sex隐瞒自己的真实性别
have sex with sb与某人发生性关系
improve one's sex life改善性生活
形容词+~
both sexes男性和女性
fair sex女性
female sex女性
gentle sex女性
male sex男性
opposite sex异性
the other sex异性
the third sex(总称)搞同性恋的人
~+名词
sex discrimination性别歧视
sex manual性知识手册
sex organs性器官
sex shop性用品商店
介词+~
school for both sexes男女生学校
differences of sex性的区别
a film with lots of sex有许多性镜头的电影
persons of different sex男女
members of either sex男女会员
例句
用作名词(n.)
Everybody can come to this school,without respect to class, race, or sex.不论阶级、种族、性别,人人都可以进这所学校上课。
She disguised her true sex under a man's garment.她身穿男装来掩饰自己的真实性别。
Hunger and sex are elemental drives of human beings.食欲和性欲是人类的原始冲动。
The movie is full of sex and violence.这部电影充满了性和暴力。
用作及物动词(vt.)
It's difficult to sex newborn chicks.新生小鸡雏的性别是很难判断的。
They sex up their commercial advertisements to attract customers.他们使商业广告充满性感内容以吸引顾客。
词语用法
n.(名词)sex的基本意思是“性别,性”,指人的男性或女性,动物的雄性或雌性,用作不可数名词。 sex也可表示“性行为,性吸引,性感”,用作不可数名词。 sex还可表示“男性或女性”,用作可数名词。 the sex可统指“女子们”, the sexes, both sexes, two sexes可统指“男人们和女人们,男女”。 the weaker sex作“妇女”解,用于贬义,含有性别歧视的意味。