sexual

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/sɛk.ʃuː.əl/|/sɛk.sju.əl/|/sɛks.jəl/|/sɛk.θju.əl/    /sɛk.ʃu.əl/|/sɛk.ʃəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
  2. A person who experiences sexual attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (especially as contrasted with an asexual).
    — The findings suggest that asexuality is best conceptualized as a lack of sexual attraction; however, asexuals varied greatly in their experience of sexual response and behavior. Asexuals partnered with sexuals acknowledged having to 'negotiate' sexual activity.
形容词 adj.
  1. Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes.
    — Women face sexual discrimination in the workplace.
  2. Capable of sexual reproduction; sexed, sexuate.
  3. Pertaining to sexual intercourse or other intimate physical contact.
    — Giving oral sex is my favorite sexual act.
  4. Characterised by sexual feelings or behaviour; possessing sexuality.
    — She's a very sexual woman.
  5. Pertaining to sexuality as a cultural phenomenon; relating to sexual behaviour or conduct.
    — a sexual innuendo
  6. Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual. rare
    — […] “You know, there are asexuals with sexual partners.” His ears flicked, and he grinned. “There's things both of us can try to do[…]”
  7. Pertaining to the female sex. obsolete
    — [T]he inquiry is whether she have reason or not. If she have, which, for a moment, I will take for granted, she was not created merely to be the solace of man, and the sexual should not destroy the human character.

词形变化

more sexual comparative most sexual superlative sexuals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
androsexual antisexual asexual autosexual bisexual chemosexual cissexual consexual contrasexual cosexual cybersexual demisexual ecosexual ephebosexual erotosexual esexual eusexual finsexual flexisexual genetic sexual attraction gray-sexual graysexual gynesexual have sexual relations heterosexual hobosexual homosexual hypersexual hyposexual intersexual intrasexual isosexual lithsexual malsexual matrisexual minsexual monosexual morosexual multisexual necrosexual ninsexual nonsexual non-sexual objectum-sexual omnisexual orthosexual other-sexual pan-sexual pansexual parasexual patrisexual pedosexual perisexual persistent sexual arousal syndrome plurisexual polysexual pomosexual pornosexual postsexual presexual protosexual pseudosexual psychosexual quasisexual robosexual sapiosexual schizosexual sextual sexual abuse sexual act sexual anorexia sexual anorexic sexual appetite sexual assault sexual cannibalism sexual capital sexual climax sexual complex sexual congress sexual dichromatism sexual dichronism sexual dimorphism sexual diversity sexual division of labour sexual dysfunction sexual education sexual favor sexual favour sexual fraternization sexual harassment sexual headache sexual identity sexual intercourse sexual inversion sexualism sexualist sexualistic sexuality sexualization sexualize sexual literacy sexually sexual majority sexual marketplace sexual market value sexual maturity sexual method sexual mimicry sexual minority sexual misconduct sexualness sexual offender sexualogy sexual orientation sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts sexual orientation change efforts sexual partner sexual play sexual politics sexual predator sexual preference sexual reassignment sexual reassignment surgery sexual relation sexual relations sexual reproduction sexual revolution sexual selection sexual slavery sexual tension sexual union sexual violence smexual sociosexual subsexual supersexual suprasexual transsexual trisexual ubersexual unisexual unsexual urethrosexual urinosexual vegansexual xenosexual zoosexual
相关词
sex

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sek-der.
Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder.
Proto-Italic *seksus
Latin sexus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin sexuālisbor.
English sexual
Borrowed from Latin sexuālis. By surface analysis, sex + -ual.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sek-der.
Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder.
Proto-Italic *seksus
Latin sexus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin sexuālisbor.
English sexual
Borrowed from Latin sexuālis. By surface analysis, sex + -ual.
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