Word
sissyish
adjective
有点女人味的；娘娘腔的
having or showing feminine qualities considered unsuitable for a man
常含贬义，指男性显得柔弱或缺乏阳刚之气。
- 1.
Like a sissy.
像娘娘腔
像娘娘腔；有点女人味的
In use
He thought his sissyish fear of spiders was embarrassing.
The coach told him that dancing was not a sissyish hobby.
She refused to call his cooking sissyish and praised his skill.
be sissyish
His behavior is a bit sissyish.
他的行为有点女人味。
look sissyish
The outfit looks sissyish on him.
这件衣服穿在他身上显得有点女人味。
seem sissyish
Her voice seems sissyish to me.
她的声音对我来说似乎有点女人味。
find sth/sb sissyish
I find his laugh sissyish.
我觉得他的笑声有点女人味。
Common mistakes
He is a sissyish.He is sissyish.
英语中 'sissyish' 是形容词，不能用作名词。应直接使用形容词形式作表语，不加冠词 'a'。
He is sissyisher than his brother.He is more sissyish than his brother.
'sissyish' 是多音节形容词，比较级应使用 'more' 而非添加 '-er' 后缀。
Connections
Confusing words
- sissy
- 娘娘腔的人 · sissy是名词，指人；sissyish是形容词，指性质
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.