epicene

英 ['epɪsiːn] 美 ['ɛpɪsin]

解释

※ 提供单词"epicene"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

epicene 缺乏性特征的

epi-, 在上，在中。-cene, 公共，共性的，来自PIE*kom, 相伴，一起，词源同前缀com-,con-.原指一种不含阴性，阳性的拉丁文语法结构，后引申词义缺乏性特征的。

epicene (adj.): "belonging to or including both sexes," mid-15c., epycen, originally a grammatical term for nouns that may denote either gender, from Latin epicoenus "common," from Greek epikoinos "common to many, promiscuous," from epi "on" (see epi-) + koinos "common" (see coeno-). English has no need of it in its grammatical sense. Extended sense of "characteristic of both sexes" first recorded in English c. 1600; that of "effeminate" is from 1630s.

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1. Today, fashions in clothing are becoming increasingly epicene.: 今天服装的流行款式越来越中性了.

3. Mr. Green's epicene style of writing appeals to nobody.: 没有人对格林先生软弱的文体发生兴趣.