Word · Frequency #7412
lesbian
女同性恋者
a female homosexual
- 1.
A homosexual woman, a woman who is exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women.
女同性恋者,仅对其他女性有性或浪漫吸引力的女性。
- 2.
A native or inhabitant of Lesbos.
莱斯博斯岛的本地人或居民
- 3.
The variety of Aeolic Greek spoken on Lesbos from about 800 to 300 b.c., best known from the writings of Sappho and Alcaeus of Mytilene.
公元前约800至300年在莱斯博斯岛上使用的艾奥利亚希腊语,最著名的是萨福和米蒂利尼的阿尔凯乌斯的作品
女同性恋者,仅对其他女性有性或浪漫吸引力的女性。；莱斯博斯岛的本地人或居民；公元前约800至300年在莱斯博斯岛上使用的艾奥利亚希腊语,最著名的是萨福和米蒂利尼的阿尔凯乌斯的作品
In use
My cousin came out as a lesbian last year.
The couple at the cafe are both lesbians.
She writes about lesbian relationships in her novels.
lesbian + noun
lesbian 作形容词时放在名词前，表示与女同性恋相关的。
They are a lesbian couple.
她们是一对女同性恋伴侣。
be a lesbian
作名词时常用 'be a lesbian' 或 'identify as a lesbian'。
She came out as a lesbian in college.
她在大学时出柜承认自己是女同性恋者。
the lesbian community
lesbian 也可作定语修饰 community 等集体名词。
The lesbian community is very supportive.
Connections
Collocations
- a lesbian
- 一位女同性恋者
- She came out as a lesbian at the age of 20.她20岁时公开了自己的女同性恋身份。
- lesbian couple
- 女同性恋伴侣
- The lesbian couple adopted a baby last year.这对女同性恋伴侣去年收养了一个婴儿。
- lesbian relationship
- 女同性恋关系
- They have been in a lesbian relationship for ten years.她们维持女同性恋关系已有十年。
- lesbian community
- 女同性恋群体
- She is active in the local lesbian community.她在当地女同性恋群体中很活跃。
- lesbian rights
- 女同性恋者权利
- The organization fights for lesbian rights.该组织为女同性恋者权利而斗争。
- lesbian identity
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想到古希腊女诗人萨福居住的莱斯博斯岛（Lesbos），记忆lesbian意为女同性恋。
Context & Register
中性注册，常用于正式与非正式场合，多用于LGBTQ+相关讨论、社会议题及人际关系描述。作为名词指代女同性恋者，作为形容词描述女同性恋相关属性。在公开讨论或学术写作中较为常见，日常口语中亦使用。注意：在不了解对方认同的情况下，避免以“lesbian”作为标签强加于人。
Grammar Note
形容词作定语或表语；名词为可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
Note that 'lesbian' ends with /biən/. While 'amphibian' has a similar /biən/ ending, its stress pattern differs. Words like 'musician', 'physician', 'politician', 'vegetarian', and 'librarian' end in /ʃən/ or /riən/ and are not rhymes. Use these to compare the -ian spelling pattern.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.