be cissy
多用于口语，含贬义，常指男子的举止、声音或外表被认为不够阳刚。
His way of walking is a bit cissy.
他走路的样子有点娘娘腔。
娘娘腔的；柔弱的
具有不合适的女性特质；有女人腔的；懦弱的
effeminate; having qualities seen as unsuitable for a man
多含贬义
具有不合适的女性特质
having unsuitable feminine qualities
He was teased for being a cissy because of his high-pitched voice.
他因为尖细的嗓音被嘲笑像个娘娘腔。
用法提示：体现cissy指男性声音或举止女性化。
Don't be such a cissy; it's just a small spider.
别那么胆小，只是一只小蜘蛛而已。
用法提示：体现cissy指懦弱、胆小。
He was called a cissy for refusing to play rough sports.
他因拒绝参加激烈运动而被叫作懦夫。
用法提示：体现cissy指缺乏男子气概、柔弱。
多用于口语，含贬义，常指男子的举止、声音或外表被认为不够阳刚。
His way of walking is a bit cissy.
他走路的样子有点娘娘腔。
作定语时直接放在名词前，语气带有嘲讽意味。
He was teased for his cissy voice.
他因为娘娘腔的嗓音而被取笑。
call sb cissy 中 cissy 作宾语补足语，是带侮辱性的说法。
The other boys called him cissy because he hated sports.
其他男孩因为他讨厌运动而叫他娘娘腔。
用于被动结构，表示“被认为娘娘腔”，常见于较正式的叙述。
Long hair on men was once considered cissy.
男人留长发曾被认为娘娘腔。
grammar · medium
易错句子He walks very cissy.
正确表达He walks in a very cissy way.
cissy 是形容词，不能直接修饰动词 walk。英语形容词不能充当方式状语，要用 in a ... way 这类介词短语来表达“走路的样子”。
grammar · medium
易错句子She looks so cissy in that pink dress.
正确表达She looks so girly in that pink dress.
cissy 含贬义，只用于男性，指“缺乏男子气概、娘娘腔”；形容女性“有女孩子气、娇俏”应该用 girly。
sissy 是 cissy 的常见异体拼写，尤其在美式英语中更常用；两者都带贬义，指男子有不合宜的女性气质。英式英语中 cissy 更常见，但 sissy 也通用。
effeminate 更正式、书面，强调男子具有传统上视为女性的特征；cissy 更口语、更具贬义和侮辱性。两者都指男子女性化，但 cissy 更粗鲁。
prissy 指过分讲究规矩、拘谨或挑剔，与女性化无关；cissy 则专指男子有不合宜的女性气质。两者拼写和发音相近，但含义不同，不可互换。
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