資料來源 : pyDict

柔弱的,女人氣的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Effeminate \Ef*fem"i*nate\, v. i.
   To grow womanish or weak.

         In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and
         manners corrupt.                         --Pope.

Effeminate \Ef*fem"i*nate\, a. [L. effeminatus, p. p. of
   effeminare to make a woman of; ex out + femina a woman. See
   {Feminine}, a.]
   1. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy,
      luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly
      degree; womanish; weak.

            The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage,
            became effeminate, and less sensible of honor.
                                                  --Bacon.

            An effeminate and unmanly foppery.    --Bp. Hurd.

   2. Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.

            Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse.     --Shak.

   Note: Effeminate and womanish are generally used in a
         reproachful sense; feminine and womanly, applied to
         women, are epithets of propriety or commendation.

Effeminate \Ef*fem"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effeminated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Effeminating}.]
   To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

         It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds.
                                                  --Locke.

資料來源 : WordNet®

effeminate
     adj 1: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: {emasculate}, {epicene},
             {cissy}, {sissified}, {sissyish}, {sissy}]
     2: characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence; "an
        effeminate civilization" [syn: {weak}]