单词 | female |
释义 | female (fiːmeɪl ) Word forms: females 1. adjective B1 Someone who is female is a woman or a girl. ...a sixteen-piece dance band with a female singer. Their aim is to have equal numbers of male and female MPs. Only 13 per cent of consultants are female. Synonyms: womanlike, woman, lady femaleness uncountable noun They are under pressure to negate their femaleness. 2. countable noun B2 Women and girls are sometimes referred to as females when they are being considered as a type. Hay fever affects males more than females. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ Female matters and things relate to, belong to, or affect women rather than men. ...female infertility. ...a purveyor of female undergarments. I realize there's no consensus on what are male or female values. 4. countable noun B2 You can refer to any creature that can lay eggs or produce babies from its body as a female. Each female will lay just one egg in April or May. Female is also an adjective. ...the scent given off by the female aphid to attract the male. 5. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 A female flower or plant contains the part that will become the fruit when it is fertilized. Figs have male and female flowers. Collocations: female lead In 2012, she had meetings with studio-head friends and asked how many films with a female lead they had in development. Times,Sunday Times Female lead roles in films were 'nothing close to the degree of difficulty' of male lead roles, he told a journalist via email. Times, Sunday Times You should be able to guess the rest, but the comic's refreshingly strong female lead makes this a cut above the average romcom. The Sun The company's recruitment roadshow features a theatrical performance with lots of hands-on, physics-based activities and a female lead character. Times, Sunday Times Cross-dressing was unavoidable and reportedly effective: female leads were considered 'heart-throbs'. The Times Literary Supplement One female patient was diagnosed with aortitis and aortic insufficiency. 2018, 'Cogan's syndrome: A case series', Vojnosanitetski Pregled An 81-year-old female patient was admitted for left hemiparesis and homonymous hemianopia. 2016, 'Malignant Otitis Externa and Stroke', European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine We describe recurrent acute right-sided facial urticaria associated with herpes labialis infection in a middle-aged female patient. 2012, 'Recurrent facial urticaria following herpes simplex labialis', Indian Journal of Dermatology The other heterozygous mutation was found in a female patient with bilateral, moderate, prelingual, sensorineural hearing loss. 2014, 'Screening of Connexin 26 in Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss', International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology A 28-year-old female patient presented with a pulsatile occipital swelling. 2014, 'Computed tomographic angiography: An alternative to catheter-angiography in the evaluation of a scalp arterio-venous malformation', Sahel Medical Journal The pair set about exploring why female representation at the top of British business remains so dismal. Times, Sunday Times (2013) She is confident that her goal of 30 per cent female representation on boards by 2015 can be reached. Times, Sunday Times (2012) But the lack of female representation itself cannot explain gender bias in media coverage. Sociology (1995) There may be more than one nesting female in a male's territory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The mature nesting female hauls herself onto the beach, nearly always at night, and finds suitable sand on which to create a nest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The authors attributed the overall increase to 'effective protection of eggs and nesting females, as well as reduced bycatch'. Times, Sunday Times The population of more than 200,000 nesting females in the northern reef could eventually crash without more males, according to the research. Times, Sunday Times More recently, the global population of annual nesting females has been reduced to about two million by 2004, and was further reduced to 852,550 by 2008. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are thriving, with one new calf and one pregnant female. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Dawn raids on pregnant female journalists. The Sun (2014) The exception is a pregnant female out foraging for her nest, who will look healthy and strong, will be moving purposefully and should be left alone. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Social networking has really captured a young female audience. Times, Sunday Times (2008) One day a young female began to wash the sand from the sweet potatoes by plunging them in a small brook that ran through the beach. Cultural Anthropology (1995) She followed this with another six maximum scores, to become the youngest female Olympic champion of all time. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The supermodel will write a fictional account of a young female model's life as she is plucked from obscurity and thrust into the A-list limelight. The Sun (2009) A schoolgirl golfer has swung her way into the record books as the youngest female in the world to score a hole in one. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Translations: Chinese: 女性的, 女性 Japanese: 女性の, 女性 |
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