makes you 〖oofc ve/y
/emimVie.那件衣服你穿起来很有丽
人风韵。◊ He had deZfcate,
aZmost/emfnine, /eatures.祕 面目?i秀，跟女性差不多。◊ the traditional
/emmine roZe ♦姚的女性角色 _ compare female, masculine 2 (gramme?/■语法）belonging to a
class of words that refer to female people or animals and often have a special
form 阴性的：Some peopie pre/er not to
use the feminine form >actress, and
use the word 'actor9 for both sexes.有些人不喜欢使用actress这一阴性形式，而用actor 一词代表两个性别丄3 语法)(in some
languages 用于某些语言）belonging, to a class of nouns, pronouns or adjectives
that have feminine gender not MASCULINE
Or
NEUTER (指名词、代词或形容词阴性
的）：77ie French word /or ‘taWe’ is_ 法语的
table —词是阴性。
unoun (grammar 1 the feminine
[sing.]
the
feminine gender (= form of nouns, adjectives and pronouns)阴性（指名词、形容词和代词的形式）
2
[C] a feminine
word or word form 阴也词（形式） —compare masculine, neuter ■feminine ’rhyme now/?
[u, c} (tec/m/cfl/ 术语）a rhyme between words that have
the emphasis before the last syllable，for example ‘bitten’ and ^written’
阴韵，阴性韵
脚（押韵词的重读音节后还有个或以上的非重读音节，
如 bitten
和 written
> — compare masculine rhyme femi.nin.ity /,fem3_nm9ti/ nown [u]
the fact of being a woman; the qualities that are considered to be typical of
women女子气质；女气；阴柔
femi*nism /'femamzam/
noun [U] the belief and aim
that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men; the struggle
to achieve this aim 女$主<义；女权运动
femi-nist /'femamst/ noun a person who supports
the belief that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men女权主义者；女权运动者‘feminist [usually before noun】 ： feminist
demands/ideas/ theories舅女丰等的要求./思想/理论◊ the /eminist movement
femi-nize (erf also -ise) /'femanaiz/
verb [VN] 1 to make sb more
like a woman使女性化；使更像女人2 to make sth involve
more women 增加…中的長 ^ 成员：
Offices became increasingly feminized during the 1960s. * 20世纪60年代期间办公室的女职员越来越多。
femme fa-tale /.fsem fa'tail; NAmE ,fem fa'tael/ noun {pi. femmes
fa-tales
/.faem
fe'tail; -z; NAmE ,fem fa'tael/) (from French) a very beautiful woman
that men find sexually attractive but who brings them trouble or unhappiness 祸水红颜
femto- I'femtau; NAmE -touf combining form
(technical' 木 语)(in units of
measurement 用于计量傘位）10-1'5 (每
托）；毫微微;半万亿分之一：a/emtcwecond毫微微秒
femur /'fi:ma(r)/
noun (pi. fe-murs or fem-ora
/'femara/)
[anatomy ft?) the thigh bone IS; # — picture o body ► fem-oral /'femaral/ adj. [only before noun]
fen /fen/
noun an area of low flat wet
land, especially in the east of
gate栅栏门fence栅栏， hedge树篱 wa丨I墙
fence /fens/ noun, verb
unoun 1 a structure made
of wood or wire supported with posts that is put between two areas of land as a
boundary, or around a
garden/yard, field, etc. to keep animals in, or to keep people and animals out 栅栏； 篱色；围舍 2 a structure that horses must jump over
a race or a competition .(障碍赛马中的，）障碍物
3
{informal) a criminal
who buys and sells stolen goods 买卖赃物者；销赃犯.ITSTBl
see grass n., mend v., side n.,
SIT
m verb 1 [VN] to surround or divide an area with
a fence (用栅栏、篱笆或围栏）围住，隔开：ffisproperfyis /enced
with barbed wire.他的房地产四周围看带刺的铁
丝网。一see also unfenced
2 [V] to take part in
the sport of fencing 参加击剑运动 3 [V]〜（with
sb) to speak to sb in a clever way in order to gain an advantage in the
conversation 搪塞；支:吾；_回避 ,fente
sb/sth^'in [often passive] 1 to surround
sb/sth with a fence (用栅栏、篱笆或围栏）围住，关住2 to restrict sb’s freedom 限制自由 Hn hem sb in： She felt fenced in by domestic
routine•她感到被日常家务束缚吾了。
.fence sth^'off [often passive] to
divide one area from anotherwithafence (用栅栏、篱笆、围栏）隔开 'fence-mending noun [u] an attempt to improve relations between two people or
groups and to try to find a solution to a disagreement』between them 友好关 系的修复；修好
fen-cer /'fensa(r)/
noun a person who takes part
in the Sport Of FENCING击剑运动员
fen-cing
/'fensir)/
noun [U] 1 the sport of fighting
with long thin swords 击,剑运动 _picture o page R31 2 fences; wood, wire, or
other material used for making fences栅栏；篱笆；围栏；筑栅栏用的材料：
77ie/actory
is surrounded by dectric/encfng.工厂有电网 围着。
fend /fend/
verb d:i:•▼遷,fend for your‘self to take care of yourself
without help from anyone else 照料自己:；
自 _ 生计：His
parents agreed, to pay the rent for his apartment but otherwise left him to
fend for himself.
的父母同意替他付房租，其他的则让他自己解决。，fend sth/sb^'off 1 to
defend or protect yourself from sth/sb that is attacking you抵挡，挡开，避开(攻击）HTO fight off, ward off ： The
police officer fended off the bZows vvit/i his riot shidd.警察用防i盾命抵挡攻击。
2 to protect yourself from difficult
questions, criticisms, etc” especially by avoiding them 避开，』回备（难题、
批 i丰等）PCT71 ward off ： She managed to fend off questions about new tax
increases.她设法避开了矣于薪
增賦税的问题。
fend-er /*fend8(r)/ noun 1 {NAmE) =
wing(4) 2 (
4
a soft solid object such as an old tyre or
a piece of rope that is hung over the side of a boat so the boat is not damaged
if it touches another boat, a wall, etc. 护舷（悬挂在船舷的轮胎、绳子等，起防碰损作用
'fender bender noun [NAmE, informal) a car accident in which
there is not .a lot of damage 不严重的撞车事 故；轻微f祸
feng
shui /,feq
.fog ’Jwei/ now/7 [U] (from Ch/Vjese) a
Chinese system for deciding the right position for a building and for placing
objects inside a building in order to make people feel comfortable and happy 风水 Fen-ian /'fiinian/ noun 1 a member of an
organization formed in the 1850s in the US and Ireland in order to end British
rule in Ireland 芬尼运动成员（19 世纪 50 年 代在美国和爱尔兰成立组织，为争取爱尔兰脱离英国统
治）2 {informal, taboo) (especially
in Northern Ireland) an offensive word for a Catholic 务尼亚人（:对天主教徒
的蔑称，尤用于北爱尔兰>
fen-land /'fenlaend;
-land/ noun [U, C] an area of low
flat wet land in the east.of
地带
fen-nel /'fenl/
noun [U] a vegetable that has
a thick round stem with a strong taste. The
seeds and leaves are also used in cooking•茴香（茎作蔬菜，籽和叶亦用
于烹调）.一 picture n> page Ri8 fenu-greek /'fenjugrirk/ noun [U] a plant with hard
yellow-brown seeds that are used in S Asian cooking as a spice葫芦巴（种子用于南亚食物调味）
feral /'feral/ adj. (of animals living wild,
especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm 野生的 (尤指喂养后逃脱的/era/cats野猫