n.(名词)

1. 性别
2. 性
3. 性欲
4. 男性，雄性
5. 女性，女人家，雌性
6. 性行为，性交，性的活动
7. 色情
8. 性征
9. 性感
10. 男女关系

adj.(形容词)

1. 性的
2. 与性有关的
3. 由性别差异所引起的

v.(动词)

1. 区别…的性别，辨识…的性别， 确定…的性别
2. 增强...的性感
3. 刺激起...的性欲，引起…的性欲
4. 使富有性吸引力
5. 性交

n.(名词)

1. [U] 性别,性 condition of being male or female; gender
2. [U] 性行为,性吸引,性感 activities that lead to and include sexual intercourse; mutual physical attraction between people
3. [C] 男性；女性；雄性；雌性 either of the two groups that people, animals and plants are divided into according to their function of producing young

Noun:

1. activities associated with sexual intercourse;

   "they had sex in the back seat"
   

2. either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided;

   "the war between the sexes"
   

3. all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses;

   "he wanted a better sex life"
   "the film contained no sex or violence"
   

4. the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles;

   "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus"
   

Verb:

1. stimulate sexually;

   "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
   

2. tell the sex (of young chickens)

1.男性;女性;雌性;雄性
The twosexes are the two groups, male and female, into which people and animals are divided according to the function they have in producing young.

e.g. ...an entertainment star who appeals to all ages and both sexes.
男女老幼都喜欢的娱乐明星
e.g. ...differences between the sexes.
两性之间的差异

2.性别;性别特征
Thesex of a person or animal is their characteristic of being either male or female.

e.g. She continually failed to gain promotion because of hersex...
她因为是女性而迟迟得不到晋升。
e.g. The new technique has been used to identify thesex of foetuses.
这一新技术已经被用来鉴别胎儿的性别。

3.性行为;性交;性活动
sex is the physical activity by which people can produce young.

e.g. He was very open in his attitudes aboutsex...
他对待性的态度非常开放。
e.g. The entire film revolves around drugs,sex and violence...
整个影片围绕着毒品、性和暴力展开。

4.辨别…的性别;辨识…的雌雄
If an animalis sexed, someone finds out whether it is male or female.

sex的解释

e.g. The birds must be weighed, sexed and tagged.
必须对这些鸟称重，辨识雌雄并挂上标牌。

5.发生性关系;做爱
If two peoplehave sex, they perform the act of sex.

e.g. I had no intention of havingsex with him on a first date.
我并没想第一次约会就和他上床。

相关词组：sex up

1. sex是什么意思

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2.

2.sex：scrubber exhaust; 酸排气

Everybody can come to this school,without respect to class, race, or sex.

不论阶级、种族、性别,人人都可以进这所学校上课。

She disguised her true sex under a man's garment.

她身穿男装来掩饰自己的真实性别。

Hunger and sex are elemental drives of human beings.

食欲和性欲是人类的原始冲动。

The movie is full of sex and violence.

这部电影充满了性和暴力。

It's difficult to sex newborn chicks.

新生小鸡雏的性别是很难判断的。

They sex up their commercial advertisements to attract customers.

他们使商业广告充满性感内容以吸引顾客。

How can you tell what sex a fish is?

你怎样辨别一条鱼的雌雄？

a process that allows couples to choose the sex of their baby

使夫妇能选择婴儿性别的措施

Please indicate your sex and date of birth below.

请在下面写明你的性别和出生日期。

sex discrimination (= the act of treating men and women differently in an unfair way)

性别歧视

a member of the opposite sex

另一性别的人

single-sex schools

单一性别学校

It is illegal to have sex with a person under the age of 16.

和16岁以下的未成年人发生性行为是违法的。

gay sex

同性恋性行为

the sex act

性行为

a sex attack

性侵犯

a sex shop (= one selling magazines, objects, etc. that are connected with sex)

性用品商店

sex education in schools

学校里的性教育

These drugs may affect your sex drive (= your interest in sex and the ability to have it) .

这些药物可能影响你的性欲。

a highly-sexed woman

性欲旺盛的女人

The profession is trying to sex up its image.

这个行业正在设法使自身形象更加吸引人。

...an entertainment star who appeals to all ages and both sexes.

男女老幼都喜欢的娱乐明星

...differences between the sexes.

两性之间的差异

She continually failed to gain promotion because of her sex...

她因为是女性而迟迟得不到晋升。

The new technique has been used to identify the sex of foetuses.

这一新技术已经被用来鉴别胎儿的性别。

He was very open in his attitudes about sex...

他对待性的态度非常开放。

The entire film revolves around drugs, sex and violence...

整个影片围绕着毒品、性和暴力展开。

The birds must be weighed, sexed and tagged.

必须对这些鸟称重，辨识雌雄并挂上标牌。

I had no intention of having sex with him on a first date.

我并没想第一次约会就和他上床。

When we use ' he ' , we generalize for both sex.

当我们用 he 时, 我们泛指男女.

He did not agree with his mother's views on premarital sex.

他不同意母亲关于婚前性行为问题的观点.

You don't expect to hear such bad language from the gentle sex.

你不能预料会从女性那里听到这样的恶语.

He never associated with the sex.

他从不和女性交往.

She does not enjoy the company of the opposite sex.

她不喜欢由异性奉陪.

1. What sex is this fish?
   这条鱼是雌的还是雄的?
2. Everyone is welcome, regardless of age or sex.
   欢迎大家,无论男女老少一律欢迎。
3. In the space marked “sex”, put an “M” for male or an “F” for female.
   在标明性别的空白处填上M表示男性,填上F表示女性。
4. Best grammar schools are single sex.
   大部分文法学校都是男女分开的学校。
5. They often had sex together.
   他们常发生性关系。
6. Do you think sex outside marriage is always wrong?
   你认为婚外性关系总是错误的吗?
7. The couple went for therapy because they hadn't had sex for years.
   这对夫妇去接受治疗,因为他们多年没有过性生活了。
8. There's a lot of sex and violence in this film.
   这部影片中有不少渲染性行为和暴力的镜头。
9. He never associated with the sex.
   他从不和女性交往。
10. Employing just one woman among fifty men is only token recognition of equal rights for the sexes.50
    个工人中雇用了1个女工只不过象征性地承认了男女平等。
11. He often talked about the equality between the sexes.
    他常常谈论男女平等的问题。
12. There has always been some conflict between two sexes.
    两性之间从来就有矛盾。

the weaker sex

女性 woman in general

动词+～

• sex">betray one's sex暴露自己的性别
• sex">discuss sex讨论性问题
• sex">disguise the true sex隐瞒自己的真实性别
• sex%20with%20sb">have sex with sb与某人发生性关系
• sex%20life">improve one's sex life改善性生活

形容词+～

• sexes">both sexes男性和女性
• sex">fair sex女性
• sex">female sex女性
• sex">gentle sex女性
• sex">male sex男性
• sex">opposite sex异性
• sex">the other sex异性
• sex">the third sex(总称)搞同性恋的人

～+名词

• sex%20discrimination">sex discrimination性别歧视
• sex%20manual">sex manual性知识手册
• sex%20organs">sex organs性器官
• sex%20shop">sex shop性用品商店

介词+～

• sexes">school for both sexes男女生学校
• sex">differences of sex性的区别
• sex">a film with lots of sex有许多性镜头的电影
• sex">persons of different sex男女
• sex">members of either sex男女会员

• You are a pearl.., the queen of your sex.

  出自：P. G. Wodehouse

• The flowers are in catkins, the sexes nearly always on different trees.

  出自：M. Hadfield

• Equal pension rights for both sexes.

  出自：Which?

n.(名词)

1. sex的基本意思是“性别,性”,指人的男性或女性,动物的雄性或雌性,用作不可数名词。
2. sex也可表示“性行为,性吸引,性感”,用作不可数名词。
3. sex还可表示“男性或女性”,用作可数名词。
4. the sex可统指“女子们”, the sexes, both sexes, two sexes可统指“男人们和女人们,男女”。
5. the weaker sex作“妇女”解,用于贬义,含有性别歧视的意味。

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的sexus，意为性别。