- 1同性戀的；同性戀者。臺灣日常更常說「同志」；對岸較常直接說「同性戀者」
If someone is homosexual, they are attracted to people of the same sex: a man to men, a woman to women. Dictionaries often add “especially a man”, because English also has lesbian for women, and for a long time writers used this word more about men. Though actually, the word itself covers both. You will find it in science, law, and older books. In everyday talk, many people prefer gay, and lesbian for women. Some gay people feel homosexual sounds like a file in a doctor's office, not like a person. It can describe (a homosexual relationship) or name a person (a homosexual), but naming a person this way feels colder to many ears. It is not an illness, and it is not something you catch.
組成Borrowed from German homosexual, from homo- (“same”) + sexual (“relating to sex”). Coined by Karl Maria Kertbeny in 1868.
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- heterosexualbuilt the same way; hetero- means “other / different”
- bisexualsame -sexual piece; bi- means “two”
- homosexualitythe noun formed from this word
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
homosexualadj/ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/
- 1
formalSexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to other men or a woman who is attracted to other women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)
- No, it wouldn't make a difference if the applicant was homosexual.
- [H]e said he had never noticed anything homosexual in himself.
- 2
formalBetween two people of the same sex; gay.
- Most western countries have repealed laws against homosexual activity between consenting adults.
- Shatner: Have you ever had a homosexual experience? Maher: No. Why, are you...? But it's early!
- 3
datedIntended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.
- A petition drive to close all homosexual establishments in response to an assumed general AIDS contagion was begun in late October, according to The Weekly News of Miami.
homosexualnoun/ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/
- 1
A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.
- It must not be understood that homosexuality is confined to women. Relationships of this type exist also among men, and in taki-taki are to be found words which are specific designations for male homosexuals, who are termed hantimąn, or awɛge.
- Soon, we got up, walked around the west side — toward the "meat rack" — the gay part of the park. There, it was as if someone had hung a line of marionettes on the railing: the lonesome young homosexuals, legs dangling, looking, waiting for that one-night's sexual connection...
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