• adj. 通性的；有兩性特征的
• n. 陰陽人

epi-, 在上，在中。-cene, 公共，共性的，來自PIE*kom, 相伴，一起，詞源同前綴com-,con-.原指一種不含陰性，陽性的拉丁文語法結構，后引申詞義缺乏性特征的。

epicene (adj.)

"belonging to or including both sexes," mid-15c., epycen, originally a grammatical term for nouns that may denote either gender, from Latin epicoenus "common," from Greek epikoinos "common to many, promiscuous," from epi "on" (see epi-) + koinos "common" (see coeno-). English has no need of it in its grammatical sense. Extended sense of "characteristic of both sexes" first recorded in English c. 1600; that of "effeminate" is from 1630s.

1. Today, fashions in clothing are becoming increasingly epicene.

今天服裝的流行款式越來越中性了.

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2. Judy is an epicene person.

朱迪是個陰陽人.

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3. Mr. Green's epicene style of writing appeals to nobody.

沒有人對格林先生軟弱的文體發(fā)生興趣.

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4. He was entrancing, with that epicene beauty.

他是迷人的, 帶著女性美.

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