hormonal

/hɔːˈməʊnl/ (bre, ipa) · /hɔːrˈməʊnl/ (ame, ipa) · /hȯr-ˈmō-nᵊl/ (ame, mw)

hormonal — 形容詞

  • hormonalpositive
  • more hormonalcomparative
  • most hormonalsuperlative

1. linked to the chemical messengers that the body makes inside glands and sends th

1.形容詞C1
釋義

荷爾蒙的

與體內荷爾蒙作用有關的

linked to the chemical messengers that the body makes inside glands and sends through the blood to control growth, mood, and reproduction.

例句

Iris started hormonal therapy after her doctor found a thyroid problem.

Iris 在醫生發現甲狀腺問題後開始接受荷爾蒙治療。

collocation: hormonal therapy / hormonal treatment

Teenagers often go through huge hormonal changes during the second year of high school.

青少年在高中二年級時，身體常會出現劇烈的荷爾蒙變化。

collocation: hormonal changes

同義詞
  • endocrine

    more technical; the medical term for the gland system that produces hormones

  • glandular

    older medical term, often refers to the glands themselves rather than the chemicals

文法句型

hormonal + noun

be hormonal

用法筆記

Almost always attributive (hormonal therapy, hormonal changes, hormonal imbalance). Distinguish from sense 2: this one is a neutral medical description; sense 2 is informal and applied to a person's mood.

常見錯誤

❌I take hormonal every morning.
✅I take hormonal pills every morning.
💡'hormonal' is an adjective, not a noun; it must qualify a noun like pill, drug, or therapy.
❌The doctor gave me a hormone treatment that is very hormonal.
✅The doctor gave me a hormonal treatment.
💡don't use the adjective to describe its own noun; pick one form.

2. showing strong or quickly shifting feelings that the speaker blames on changes i

2.形容詞C1
釋義

情緒化的

因荷爾蒙波動而情緒起伏大

showing strong or quickly shifting feelings that the speaker blames on changes in body chemistry — used in everyday talk and often with a slightly dismissive tone.

例句

Soraya warned her flatmate that she would be a bit hormonal this week.

Soraya 提醒室友自己這禮拜會有點情緒化。

predicative: be hormonal

Sorry for snapping at you yesterday — I was feeling really hormonal.

抱歉昨天對你發脾氣，我那時情緒真的很不穩。

collocation: feel hormonal

同義詞
  • moody

    neutral and broader; covers all causes of mood swings, not only body chemistry

  • emotional

    much wider scope; any strong feeling, not tied to body changes

反義詞

文法句型

be hormonal

feel hormonal

用法筆記

Only used predicatively about a person (be / feel / get hormonal). Calling someone hormonal can sound dismissive — especially when a man uses it about a woman — so the word often appears in self-description or among close friends.

常見錯誤

❌She gave me a hormonal answer.
✅She gave me an emotional answer.
💡sense 2 describes a person's state, not the things they say or do; use emotional or moody for the act itself.
❌He is a hormonal person.
✅He gets hormonal sometimes.
💡the word describes a passing state, not a fixed personality trait.