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androgynous

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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an·drog·y·nous /ænˈdrɒdʒɪnəs $ -ˈdrɑː-/ adjective  1. HBhaving both male and female parts 雌雄同体的;雌雄同株的2 HBMsomeone who is androgynous looks both female and male 双性的,兼性的 Bowie had a kind of androgynous sex appeal. 鲍伊有一种中性魅力。
Examples from the Corpus
androgynousEntirely encased in a latex bodysuit she becomes anonymous, even androgynous.Put bluntly, to be identified positively, homosexuality usually has to be dissolved into the androgynous.This lean, sporty, androgynous image is as limiting and as difficult to achieve as more conventional beauty ideals.Perhaps in the end it was my androgynous looks that appealed to him.Now, Venusruled Libra has been sundered from Virgo, whose lord is androgynous Mercury.Right: the healthy, androgynous sexuality of Jamie Lee Curtis.
Origin androgynous (1600-1700) Latin androgynus person who is both male and female, from Greek, from andr- (ANDR-) + gyne woman
an·drog·y·nous adjectiveChineseSyllable
female Corpus and parts male having both


androgynous
androgynous /ænˈdrɒdʒənəs, ænˈdrɒdʒɪnəs $ -ˈdrɑː-/ adjective
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: androgynus 'person who is both male and female', from Greek, from andr- (ANDR-) + gyne 'woman'
1. having both male and female parts
2. someone who is androgynous looks both female and male:
    Bowie had a kind of androgynous sex appeal.


an·drogy·nousBrE /ænˈdrɒdʒənəs/ 🔊NAmE /ænˈdrɑːdʒənəs/ 🔊 adjectivehaving both male and female characteristics; looking neither strongly male nor strongly female 雌雄同体的;兼具两性的