1 typical of or looking like a woman; connected with women 女子的；女子般的: My daughter always dresses like a boy. She hates looking feminine. 我女儿老爱作男孩子打扮。她不喜欢女性化的样子。 ☞ Look at masculine and the note at female. 参看masculine及female的注释。

2 (abbr fem) (grammar语法) (in English) of the forms of words used to describe females （英语）阴性的: ‘Lioness’ is the feminine form of ‘lion’. lioness是lion的阴性形式。

3 (abbr fem) (grammar语法) (in the grammar of some languages) belonging to a certain class of nouns, adjectives or pronouns （某些语言的语法）阴性的: The German word for a flower is feminine. 在德语中，表示花的词是阴性的。 ☞ Look at masculine and neuter. 参看masculine及neuter。 ➔femininity /ˌfeməˈnɪnəti ||; ˌfɛməˈnɪnətɪ/ noun [U]