transvestite

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++trans·ves·tite /trænzˈvestaɪt $ træns-/ noun [countable]  SYsomeone, especially a man, who enjoys dressing like a person of the opposite sex 有异性装扮癖的人，易装癖者 → transsexual —transvestite adjective —transvestism noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

transvestite• And every so often a transvestite would swagger past, some more obvious than others.• Sergio was quite right: if Bandeira was a transvestite he would do anything to prevent the fact from becoming known.• Half an hour later the charming hypothesis occurred to me that Conchis was a transvestite.• Deaths and disclosures, universal and particular, denouements both unexpected and inexorable, transvestite melodrama on all levels including the suggestive.• So the transvestite fails the test of humanist transgression.• The transvestite and the hermaphrodite: both were disturbing images; perhaps they are less so now.Origin transvestite (1900-2000) German transvestit, from Latin vestire “to clothe”

trans·ves·tite nounChineseSyllable  

of a who enjoys someone, Corpus dressing man, like especially a person

transvestite
trans‧ves‧tite /trænzˈvestaɪt $ træns-/ noun [countable]someone, especially a man, who enjoys dressing like a person of the opposite sex ⇨ transsexual
—transvestite adjective
—transvestism noun [uncountable]

trans·vest·iteBrE /trænzˈvestaɪt/ 🔊NAmE /trænzˈvestaɪt/ 🔊BrE /trænsˈvestaɪt/ 🔊NAmE /trænsˈvestaɪt/ 🔊 (also informal tranny) nouna person, especially a man, who enjoys dressing as a member of the opposite sex 有异性装扮癖的人，易装癖者（尤指男性）▸ trans·vest·ism BrE /trænzˈvestɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /trænzˈvestɪzəm/ 🔊BrE /trænsˈvestɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /trænsˈvestɪzəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]