Mx
abbreviation/mɪks/, /məks/
/mɪks/, /məks/
(British English) (also Mx. North American English, British English)
- a title that comes before somebody's family name or before their first and family names together, used by people who wish to avoid saying whether they are male or female
位于某人姓氏之前或名字和姓氏一起之前的头衔,供那些希望避免说出自己是男性还是女性的人使用 - The airline now lets customers pick the gender-neutral honorific ‘Mx’ when booking a ticket.
该航空公司现在允许乘客在预订机票时选择不分性别的尊称“Mx”。
Word Origin1970s: apparently from M (as in Mr, Mrs, Ms, etc.) + x, probably denoting an unknown or variable factor or quantity) - The airline now lets customers pick the gender-neutral honorific ‘Mx’ when booking a ticket.