| 单词 | secondary sexual characteristic |
| 释义 | secondary sexual characteristic (once / 590966 pages) n WORD FAMILY secondary sexual characteristic: secondary sexual characteristics USAGE EXAMPLESSea stars have no secondary sexual characteristics; you have to dissect one to tell whether it’s male or female. Washington Times(Aug 30, 2015) Biologists call facial hair a ‘secondary sexual characteristic’, a feature that marks puberty and communicates the transition from boy to man. Forbes(Sep 20, 2014) She notes how “secondary sexual characteristics are very cruel in the sense that they make these tender body changes so public.” Salon(Feb 17, 2014) n the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature) Syn|Hyper secondary sex character, secondary sex characteristic sex character, sex characteristic, sexual characteristic those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other |
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