gender

英 ['d?end?] 美['d??nd?]

n. 性；性別；性交
vt. 生（過去式gendered，過去分詞gendered，現(xiàn)在分詞gendering，第三人稱單數(shù)genders，形容詞genderless）

CET4TEM4IELTS考研中低頻詞常用詞匯

復數(shù):?genders;

gender 性別

來自詞根gen, 生育，詞源同gene, generate.

gender (n.): c. 1300, "kind, sort, class," from Old French gendre, genre "kind, species; character; gender" (12c., Modern French genre), from stem of Latin genus (genitive generis) "race, stock, family; kind, rank, order; species," also "(male or female) sex," from PIE root *gene- (see genus). Also used in Latin to translate Aristotle's Greek grammatical term genos. The grammatical sense is attested in English from late 14c.

The "male-or-female sex" sense is attested in English from early 15c. As sex (n.) took on erotic qualities in 20c., gender came to be the usual English word for "sex of a human being," in which use it was at first regarded as colloquial or humorous. Later often in feminist writing with reference to social attributes as much as biological qualities; this sense first attested 1963. Gender-bender is from 1977, popularized from 1980, with reference to pop star David Bowie.
gender (v.): "to bring forth," late 14c., from Old French gendrer, genrer "engender, beget, give birth to," from Latin generare "to engender, beget, produce" (see generation). Related: Gendered; gendering.

1. Dara challenges our stereotypical ideas about gender and femininity.: 達拉對我們老一套的性別和女性特質(zhì)觀念提出了異議。

4. Many factors are important, for example class, gender, age and ethnicity.: 許多因素都很重要，如階級、性別、年齡及民族。