| 释义 |
effeminated, ppl. a.|ɛˈfɛmɪneɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
a. Rendered womanish or unmanly.
b. Reduced to the employments of a woman.
†c. ? Degraded by subjection to a woman.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. iii §38 His chiefest Consorts were Effeminated persons, Ruffians and the like. 1619H. Hutton Follie's Anat. 24 See Omphale, her effeminated king Basely captive, make him doe any thing. 1726De Foe Hist. Devil i. iv, The effeminated Male Apple eater [Adam]. |