female /ˈfiːmeɪl/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ Someone who is female is a woman or a girl. 女性的

  例：

  ...a sixteen-piece dance band with a female singer.

  …一支有一名女歌手的16人伴舞乐队。

• 2. 

  ADJ Female matters and things relate to, belong to, or affect women rather than men. 女性的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...female infertility.

  …女性不孕症。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT Women and girls are sometimes referred to as females when they are being considered as a type. 女性

  例：

  Hay fever affects males more than females.

  男性感染花粉热多于女性。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT You can refer to any creature that can lay eggs or produce babies from its body as a female. 雌性生物

  例：

  Each female will lay just one egg in April or May.

  每只雌性在4月或5月份将只产一颗卵。

• 5. 

  ADJ Female is also an adjective. 雌性的

  例：

  ...the scent given off by the female aphid to attract the male.

  …雌性蚜虫为吸引雄性而发出的香味。