- 1女性化(使女性變多、變得適合女性、或帶上被視為女性的特質)。生物、醫學脈絡也用這個詞,指使身體往女性方向發展。
To feminize something is to change it so that it includes women, suits women, or takes on qualities people call typical of women.
To feminize something把某個東西feminize is就是 to change it把它改變 so that it includes women讓它把女性包含進去, suits women或適合女性, or或 takes on qualities people call typical of women帶上人們稱為典型女性特質的東西。
A workplace feminizes when many more women join it. A product is feminized when the colour, the ads, and the shape are made to look soft or pretty. In biology, to feminize can mean to make a body develop in a female way.
A workplace一個職場 feminizes會feminize(女性化) when many more women join it當更多女性加入時。A product一項產品 is feminized會被feminize when the colour, the ads, and the shape當顏色、廣告和造型 are made to look soft or pretty被弄得柔軟或可愛時。In biology在生物學裡, to feminize feminize可以 can mean指的是 to make a body develop in a female way讓身體往女性的方向發育。
Though actually, listen for the tone. Newspapers and angry uncles often say a sport, a school, or a country is being “feminized” as if that were a fall. The verb itself does not have to be an insult — but in public talk it often carries one.
Though actually不過其實, listen for the tone要聽的是語氣。Newspapers and angry uncles報紙和愛生氣的叔伯輩 often say常常會說 a sport, a school, or a country一項運動、一所學校或一個國家 is being “feminized”正在被「feminize(女性化)」 as if好像 that were a fall那是一種墮落。The verb itself這個動詞本身 does not have to be an insult不一定是侮辱, but但 in public talk在公共討論裡 it它 often carries one常常帶著一點。
It does not mean “to turn someone into a feminist.” That is a different word-family neighbour, and mixing them is how arguments get silly.
It它 does not mean不代表 “to turn someone into a feminist”「把某人變成feminist(女性主義者)」。That這 is a different word-family neighbour是另一個不同的詞族鄰居, and而 mixing them把兩者搞混 is how arguments get silly就是讓爭論變得荒唐的原因。
core核心畫面
組成From Latin fēmina, “woman, female”, plus English -ize (to make, to cause to become). The -ize ending came into English through French -iser and Late Latin -izō, from Greek -ίζειν. Spelling -ize is the usual dictionary form; British schoolbooks may write feminise.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
feminizeverb/ˈfɛmɪnaɪz/
- 1
To make (more) feminine.
- Parabiosis experiments on primitive vertebrates showed inversion of sex in either direction, males were feminized and females masculinized.
- The comedies work in very obvious ways to feminize this socially-ominous triad of young fops, old lechers, and greedy businessmen.
- 2
To become (more) feminine.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。