sex
noun
verb
seks
noun
1
the
physical
activity
that
two
people
do
together
in
order
to
produce
babies,
or
for
pleasure
性活动，性行为
U
All
you
see
on
TV
is
sex
and
violence
these
days.
如今的电视上充斥着性和暴力。
They
had
sex
in
the
back
seat
of
his
car.
他们在他的汽车后座上做了爱。
She
no
longer
wanted
to
have
sex
with
him.
她不想再和他做爱了。
premarital
sex/sex
before
marriage
the
dangers
of
casual
sex
(=having
sex
with
someone
without
intending
to
have
a
serious
relationship)
性关系随便的危险性
safe
sex
unprotected
sex
2
whether
a
person,
plant,
or
animal
is
male
or
female
〔人、植物、动物的〕性别
U
Put
your
name
and
sex
at
the
top
of
the
form.
在表格的上端填上你的姓名和性别。
3
all
men,
considered
as
a
group,
or
all
women,
considered
as
a
group
男性; 女性; 雄性; 雌性
C
He
found
it
difficult
to
talk
to
members
of
the
opposite
sex
(=people
that
were
not
his
own
sex)
.
他觉得很难和异性交谈。
People
of
both
sexes
(=both
men
and
women)
buy
her
records.
男男女女都买她的唱片。
4
single-sex school/college etc
a
school
etc
for
either
males
or
females,
but
not
for
both
together
单一性别的学校/学院等
BrE
verb
5
to
find
out
whether
an
animal
is
male
or
female
[术语] 鉴别〔动物的〕性别
6
if
someone
sexes
up
a
report
or
document,
they
make
changes
to
it
in
order
to
make
it
say
what
they
want
it
to
say,
even
though
it
might
not
be
completely
true
篡改，更改〔报告或文件〕
The
Prime
Minister
denied
that
he
had
asked
anyone
to
sex
up
the
report.
首相否认他指使过任何人改动这份报告。