| 释义 |
hermaphrodite/hɜ:ˈmæfrədait/ n. & adj.●n. 1a Zool. an animal having both male and female sexual organs 【动】雌雄同体 b Bot. a plant having stamens and pistils in the same flower 【植】雌雄同株 2 a human being in which both male and female sex organs are present, or in which the sex organs contain both ovarian and testicular tissue 两性人，阴阳人 3 a person or thing combining opposite qualities or characteristics 具有相反特性的人(或物) ●adj. 1 combining both sexes 两性的 2 combining opposite qualities or characteristics 具有相反特性的 □ hermaphroditic /-ˈditik/ adj.□ hermaphroditical /-ˈditik(ə)l/ adj.□ hermaphroditism n.[Latin hermaphroditus from Greek hermaphroditos, originally the name of a son of Hermes and Aphrodite in Greek mythology, who became joined in one body with the nymph Salmacis] |