opposite-sex
/ˌɒp.ə.zɪt ˈseks/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɑː.pə.zɪt ˈseks/ (ame, ipa)
opposite-sex — noun
1. all the people whose sex or gender differs from your own — men and boys for a wo
all the people whose sex or gender differs from your own — men and boys for a woman or girl, women and girls for a man or boy
Yuki found it difficult to start conversations with the opposite sex at parties.
collocation: with the opposite sex
Keiko found her closest friend among the opposite sex at the local tennis club.
As a teenager, Elena felt shy around members of the opposite sex.
Dr. Okonkwo studied how children learn to interact with the opposite sex.
Fatima's dance class welcomes both the same sex and the opposite sex.
- other sex
less common; mainly found in formal or academic writing
- other gender
preferred when acknowledging more than two genders
- same sex
people of one's own sex or gender
用法筆記
Almost always used with 'the' and commonly follows prepositions like 'of', 'with', 'to', or 'among'. Often paired with nouns such as 'member', 'friend', or 'interest'.