1 being a woman or a girl 女的: a female artist/employer/student女艺术家╱雇主╱学生
2 being of the sex that produce eggs or give birth to babies 雌的；母的: a female cat雌猫
3 (used about plants and flowers) that can produce fruit （指植物和花卉）雌性的
female²
/ˈfi:meɪl ||; ˈfimel/noun[C]
1 an animal that can produce eggs or give birth to babies; a plant that can produce fruit 雌性动物；雌性植物
2 a woman or a girl 女子
Female and male are used only to describe the sex of a creature. To describe the qualities we think of as typical of females and males, we use feminine and masculine. female和male只表示生物的性别。形容雌性和雄性的特质用feminine和masculine。