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makes you
look very feminine.
AJxlfto 0 He had delicate, almost feminine,
features, jib ffi H it 5f, EH A '14 H A £ o 0
the traditional feminine role ft ik ft A # #l E — compare
female, masculine 2 (grammar i£j belonging to a class of words that
refer to female people
or animals and often have a special form Pfi 14 ft: Some people prefer
not to use the feminine form ‘actress’ and use the word ‘actor’ for both sexes.
WSAAloft&ffl actress iM actor
—
M ft %
W A 14 Sij o 3 (grammar if
}&) (in some languages A^^ilt g) belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns or
adjectives that have feminine gender
not
MASCULINE Or NEUTER C £ ‘SL
(ft ) : The French word
for ‘table’ is feminine. if ft table -inMwm0
a noun (grammar if 1 the feminine [sing.]
the feminine gender (= form of
nouns, adjectives and pronouns) GfJtt- ( £ g -6!, #§iiO*flttislft^) 2 [C] a
feminine word or word form PfjiiiBi] ( A A )
—
compare masculine,
neuter
.feminine
'rhyme noun [u, c]
(technical Ait) a rhyme between words that have the
emphasis before the last syllable, for example ‘bitten’ and ‘written’ PDfft,
JW (
#P bitten A written ) —
compare masculine rhyme femi nin ity /.fema'nmati/
noun [U] the
fact of being a woman; the qualities that are considered to be typical of
womenAAEM; A A; BBfg 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
femi nist /'femamst/ noun a person who supports
the belief that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men
A$C±X#; A$t> feminist adj. [usually before noun]: feminist
demands/ideas/ theories f] A A # ft 3? A / S $1 / JJ i& 0 the
feminist movement AtX.1S^J
femi nize (BrE also -ise) /'femanaiz/ verb [VN] 1 to make sb more like a
woman $LAtAft; f^flj^AA 2 to make sth involve more women ill jjp • ■ • A
ft A14 A M : Offices became increasingly feminized during the
1960s.
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femme fa-tale /.faem fa’tail; NAmE ,fem
fa'tael/ noun (pi femmes fa-tales /.faem
fa'tail; -z; NAmE ,fem
fa'tael/) (from French) a very
beautiful woman that men find sexually attractive but who brings them trouble
or unhappiness
maim
f
emto- /'femtau; NAmE -tou/ combining form (technical A igj
(in units of measurement Aif itAE) io15 A ( # f£ ) ;, fkWlWl; A7A£5A£—: a femtosecond femur /’fi:ma(r)/
noun (pi. fe-murs or fern-ora /'femara/)
(anatomy t?) 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 England ( ) f&teiS#, iOT
gate WE'l fence ffiA: hedge $tM wall ^
fence O^r /fens/ noun,
verb
mnoun 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
A:; M E; ill A: 2 a structure that horses must jump over
in a race or a
competition ( ^B, # ft ) Pf 5#
$9
—
(informal) a criminal who
buys and sells stolen goods
m771 see grass n., mend v., side /?.,
SIT
n verb 1 [VN] to surround or
divide an area with a fence ( mmm, . MEftffl** ) d#: His
property is
fenced with
barbed wire.
M M o — see also unfenced 2 [V] to take
part in the sport of fencing 3 [V] ~ (with
sb) to speak
to sb in a clever way in order to gain an advantage in
the conversation J| H ; A II ; 0 M
i!i;i;w .fente sb/sth~'in [often passive] 1
to surround sb/sth with a fence ( ME) Sft, && 2
to restrict
sb’s freedom RIffrJ i & ESTO hem sb in: She felt fenced in
by domestic routine, jfe 1Jlf
0 f
.fence sth^'off [often passive] to
divide one area from another with a fence ( ME, ) Pi#
'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 A#A
m\m-, m
fen-cer /'fensa(r)/ noun a person who takes
part in the Sport of FENCING
fen
cing /'fensnj/ noun [U] 1 the
sport of fighting with long thin swords A All is rfo —picture o page R31 2 fences; wood, wire, or other material used for
making fences ME; BME E MB % ft *4:
The factory is surrounded by electric fencing.
a#0
fend /fend/
verb .fend
for your'self to
take care
of yourself without help
from anyone else jfR $- § B;
£] X if
: His parents agreed to pay the rent for his apartment
but otherwise left him to fend for himself, ffe
,fend
sth/sb^ off 1 to defend or protect
yourself from sth/sb that is attacking you fa ft, £3#, jg# -(■ ft® ) PTiTf fight
off, ward off : The
police officer fended off the blows with his riot shield. Wlf
2 to protect yourself from difficult
questions, criticisms, etc., especially by avoiding them ill#, 0$! (
) H771 ward off : She
managed to fend off
questions about
new tax increases. Miii&jSJFTAXIf
fend er /'fenda(r)/ noun 1 (NAmE) = wing(4) 2 (NAmE) = mudguard 3 a frame around a fireplace to prevent burning coal or wood from
falling out H 'JP* ft It &
—
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.
( Sc£#MiftMj, )
'fender bender noun (NAmE, informal) a car accident in
which there is not a lot of damage A S ft IS A ^
feng
shui
/.ferj
'Ju:i; ,fur) 'Jwei/ noun [U] (from Chinese) 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 MtK 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 ( 19ttiAB50#
ifr ) 2 (informal, taboo) (especially in
fen-land /'fenlaend;
-land/ noun [U, C] an area of low
flat wet land in the east of
m
fen nel /'fenl/ noun [U] a vegetable that has
a thick round stem with
a strong taste. The seeds and leaves arealso used in cooking.
A^ ) — picture t>
page Ri8
fenu-greek /'fenjugrirk/
noun [U] a plant with hard
yellow-brown seeds that are used in S Asian cooking as a spice ( #Affi AiMlrtJi» )
feral /'feral/
adj. (of animals zjfj#/)
living wild, especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm if X. ft
( ) : feral cats ifffi