homosexual
英[,h?m?(?)'sek???l;,h??m-;-sj??l]
美[,hom?'s?k?u?l]
- n. 同性戀者
- adj. 同性戀的
詞態變化
復數:?homosexuals;
中文詞源
homosexual 同性戀的
homo-,相同的，sex,性別。即同性別的，后來被心理學家用來指同性戀，并逐漸代替sexual inversion.值得指出的是，該詞本身在過去長期不為其它心理學家所接受，認為這個杜撰出來的詞沒有準確傳達出同性戀這一詞義。
英文詞源
- homosexual
- homosexual: see homeopathy
- homosexual (adj.)
- 1892, in C.G. Chaddock's translation of Krafft-Ebing's "Psychopathia Sexualis," from German homosexual, homosexuale (by 1880, in Gustav J?ger), from homo-, comb. form of Greek homos "same" (see homo- (1)) + Latin-based sexual.
"Homosexual" is a barbarously hybrid word, and I claim no responsibility for it. It is, however, convenient, and now widely used. "Homogenic" has been suggested as a substitute. [H. Havelock Ellis, "Studies in Psychology," 1897]
Sexual inversion (1883) was an earlier clinical term for it in English. The noun is recorded by 1895. In technical use, either male or female; but in non-technical use almost always male. Slang shortened form homo first attested 1929. See also uranian.
雙語例句
- 1. A fraud trial involving two homosexual lawyers was abandoned.
- 一樁涉及兩名同性戀律師的欺詐案審判被撤銷了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He came out as a homosexual after his mother died.
- 他在母親死后公開承認自己是同性戀者.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. In a society that institutionalizes homosexuality, they will be homosexual.
- 在一個將同性戀制度化的社會中, 人們會進行同性戀愛.
來自哲學部分
- 4. I never knew he was a closet queen , ie homosexual.
- 我從來不知道他暗地里搞同性戀.
來自辭典例句
- 5. That same morning Vincent visited his friend, the notorious homosexual, Comte de Passavant.
- 同日上午,文森特到朋友德·帕薩汶特伯爵處作客, 此人是個聲名狼藉的同性戀者.
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