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- having characteristics of both sexes or no characteristics of either sex; of indeterminate sex有两性特征的; 缺乏性特征的; 性别不明确的:
the sort of epicene beauty peculiar to boys of a certain age.
某一年龄的男孩所特有的那种两性美。
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- effeminate; effete女人气的; 娇柔的:
the actor infused the role with an epicene languor.
那名男演员使他扮演的角色带上了女性的柔弱。
- an epicene person兼具两性特征的人, 阴阳人。
词源
late Middle English (as a grammatical term): via late Latin from Greek epikoinos (based on koinos 'common').