feminize

英 [ˈfemənaɪz]

美 [ˈfemənaɪz]

v.  使女性化; 使更像女人; 增加…中的女性成员

第三人称单数：feminizes　过去分词：feminized　现在分词：feminizing　过去式：feminized　

COCA.28888

牛津词典

verb

• 使女性化；使更像女人
  to make sb more like a woman
• 增加…中的女性成员
  to make sth involve more women
  1. Offices became increasingly feminized during the 1960s.
     20世纪60年代期间办公室的女职员越来越多。

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 feminise


• VERB 使女性化;使适合女人;使带上女子气
  Tofeminizesomething means to make it into something that involves mainly women or is thought suitable for or typical of women.
  1. ...their governments' policies of feminizing low-paid factory work.
     他们政府使妇女主要承担工厂低薪工作的政策
  2. ...a feminised pinstriped suit.
     适合女子穿的细条纹套装

英英释义

verb

• to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to
  1. This hairdo feminizes the man
  Synonym:feminiseeffeminizeeffeminisewomanize
• assume (more) feminine characteristics
  1. feminized language
  2. feminized frogs
  Synonym:feminise

双语例句

• The feminize narrative of family is different from the narrative of men authors'fictions.
  女性家族叙事是一种不同于男性作家讲述家族故事的文本实践。