epicene
adjective /ˈepɪsiːn/
/ˈepɪsiːn/
- (formal) having characteristics of both the male and female sex or of neither sex in particular
兼具男女两性特征的;缺乏性特征的 - epicene beauty
兼具阳刚和阴柔之美
- epicene beauty
- (grammar
) (of a word语法 ) having one form to represent male and female词 通性的 - You can write ‘s/he’ as an epicene pronoun when you are not referring to men or women in particular.
不特指男性或女性时可以写成 s/he 表示通性代词。
- You can write ‘s/he’ as an epicene pronoun when you are not referring to men or women in particular.
词源late Middle English (as a grammatical term): via late Latin from Greek epikoinos (based on koinos ‘common’).