sexless
sexless — 形容詞
- sexlesspositive
- more sexlesscomparative
- most sexlesssuperlative
1. used to describe a person who does not want sexual contact, or who is not seen a
不性感；無慾
缺乏性吸引力或沒有性慾
used to describe a person who does not want sexual contact, or who is not seen as sexually attractive by others
Sivan worried that his illness had left him feeling completely sexless for months.
Sivan 擔心疾病讓他好幾個月都對性完全提不起興趣。
collocation: feel sexless
The magazine described the politician's grey suits and stiff manner as oddly sexless.
雜誌形容那位政治人物的灰色西裝和僵硬舉止有種奇怪的無性感特質。
collocation: oddly sexless
After her divorce, Yasmin felt sexless and had no wish to date anyone.
離婚後，Yasmin 對性完全失去興趣，也不想和任何人約會。
Reuben found the film's love scenes cold and strangely sexless, despite the famous cast.
Reuben 覺得那部電影的愛情場景冷淡而奇怪地缺乏性感，儘管演員陣容很強。
Critics called the character sexless, a boring figure with no hint of romance.
評論家稱這個角色毫無性感魅力，是個沒有一絲浪漫氣息的無聊人物。
用法筆記
Context usually makes clear whether the word describes a lack of sexual desire or a lack of sexual appeal. The same person can be called sexless in both senses by different speakers.
常見錯誤
2. lacking the physical features that mark a living thing as male or female
無性別
缺乏男性或女性的身體特徵
lacking the physical features that mark a living thing as male or female
In the ancient myth, the first humans were sexless beings, neither man nor woman.
在古老神話中，最初的人類是無性別的存在，非男非女。
Wei noticed the sexless clay figure had no features that marked it as male or female.
Wei 注意到那個無性別的泥偶沒有任何標示男女的特徵。
pattern: sexless + noun for physical description
Certain plants are described as sexless because they grow without needing male or female flowers.
某些植物被描述為無性別，因為它們生長不需要雄花或雌花。
Lotte designed a sexless uniform — the same shape and colour for men and for women.
Lotte 設計了一款無性別的制服——男女款式和顏色完全相同。
The statue's face was sexless — smooth stone with no hint of man or woman.
雕像的臉孔是無性別的——光滑的石頭，毫無男女的暗示。
- androgynous
having a mix of male and female traits, rather than lacking both entirely
- neuter
used in biology for organisms without working sex organs
- genderless
more common in fashion, design, and social contexts
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (LACKING SEXUALITY): this sense describes physical or biological traits rather than attraction or desire.