1 ADJ 女性的;女人的 Someone who is female is a woman or a girl. 女性的;女人的
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...a sixteen-piece dance band with a female singer.
16 人组成的伴舞乐队和一位女歌手
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Their aim is equal numbers of male and female MPs by the year 2000.
他们的目标是 2000 年前使国会议员中男女人数相等。
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Only 13 per cent of consultants are female.
高级顾问医师中只有 13％是女性。
SYN womanlike, woman, lady
2 N-COUNT 女性;女子 Women and girls are sometimes referred to as females when they are being considered as a type. 女性;女子
3 ADJ [ADJ n] 女性的;影响女性的 Female matters and things relate to, belong to, or affect women rather than men. 女性的;影响女性的
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...female infertility.
女性不孕症
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...a purveyor of female undergarments.
女式内衣供应商
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I realize there's no consensus on what are male or female values.
我意识到人们对什么是男性价值观和什么是女性价值观并无共识。
4 N-COUNT 雌性生物 You can refer to any creature that can lay eggs or produce babies from its body as a female . 雌性生物
Female is also an adjective.
5 ADJ [usually ADJ n] (花或植物)雌性的，有雌蕊的 A female flower or plant contains the part that will become the fruit when it is fertilized. (花或植物)雌性的，有雌蕊的
Quotations
The female of the species is more deadly than the male Rudyard Kipling The Female of the Species
| Usage | female and woman |
| In everyday situations, you should avoid using female to refer to women, because that can sound offensive. When used as a noun, female is mainly used in scientific or medical contexts. The leader of the herd of elephants is usually the oldest female. |
| Word Link | fem, femin ≈ woman : effeminate, female, feminine |
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