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A transvestite is a person — usually a man is meant — who dresses in the clothes normally worn by the opposite sex. It is the person-word next to 'transvestism', which is the practice.
A transvestite Transvestite is是 a person — usually a man is meant一個人——通常是指男性 who dresses in the clothes normally worn by the opposite sex穿著通常是異性在穿的衣服。 It它 is the person-word next to 'transvestism'是「transvestism」這種行為對應的人稱名詞 which is the practice transvestism 指的就是這種行為本身。
The plain modern English is 'cross-dresser', and that is what a student should use. 'Transvestite' now sounds dated, and it can sting: it came from doctors, it was long treated as a disorder, and it has been thrown around as an insult, so many people hear it as even when it is not meant that way.
The plain modern English現代英文的普通說法 is 'cross-dresser'是 cross-dresser and that is what a student should use學生應該用這個字。 'Transvestite' now sounds dated「transvestite」現在聽起來過時了 and it can sting而且可能刺傷人 it came from doctors它源自醫生的用語 it was long treated as a disorder曾經長期被當成一種病 and it has been thrown around as an insult也曾被拿來當侮辱的話 so many people hear it as unkind even when it is not meant that way所以就算沒有惡意，很多人聽了還是會覺得不友善。
It survives in a few fixed places — the film 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' made the word famous, and it turns up in older novels and case studies.
It它 survives in a few fixed places還留存在幾個固定的地方 the film 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' made the word famous電影《洛基恐怖秀》讓這個字出名 and it turns up in older novels and case studies也出現在較老的小說和病例研究裡。
Two boundaries are worth drawing clearly. It is not the same as being transgender: a cross-dresser generally lives as the sex they were born into and simply wears these clothes, sometimes for comfort, sometimes for fun, sometimes for a performance.
Two boundaries有兩條界線 are worth drawing clearly值得清楚劃分。 It is not the same as being transgender它跟跨性別不是同一回事 a cross-dresser generally lives as the sex they were born into cross-dresser 通常還是以出生時的性別生活 and simply wears these clothes只是穿這些衣服 sometimes for comfort, sometimes for fun, sometimes for a performance有時是為了舒服，有時是為了好玩，有時是為了表演。
And it is not the same as being gay: this is about clothes, not about who someone loves, and most cross-dressers are straight men.
And it is not the same as being gay它也跟是不是同性戀不是同一回事 this is about clothes, not about who someone loves這件事跟衣服有關，跟愛誰無關 and most cross-dressers are straight men而且大多數 cross-dresser 都是異性戀男性。
Performers who dress up for a stage act call it 'drag' and call themselves drag queens or drag kings — a different world again, and a proud, public one.
Performers who dress up for a stage act為了舞台表演而變裝的表演者 call it 'drag'把這稱作 drag and call themselves drag queens or drag kings並自稱 drag queen 或 drag king — a different world again這又是另一個世界 and a proud, public one一個大方公開、引以為傲的世界。
組成From Latin trans- ('across') + vestitus, from vestire ('to clothe, to dress'). So, word for word, 'one dressed across' — a cross-dresser. The English word came in through German Transvestit, a term coined by the doctor Magnus Hirschfeld in 1910, though of course the practice itself is far older than the word.
同家族的字
- transvestismthe practice; this word names the person
- vestsame vestire 'to clothe'
- vestmentsame vestire — ceremonial robes
- investsame vestire: to dress someone in the robes of an office, then later, to clothe money in a new form
- travestysame roots through French and Italian — originally 'dressed over, disguised', now a ridiculous imitation of something
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
transvestitenoun/tɹænzˈvɛs.taɪt/
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datedA person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or personal choice.
- Even though Steven used to dress up in his sister's clothes, it still came as a surprise he ended up as a transvestite.
- Now, we already know that Gerald Hadleigh was a transvestite or a transsexual, whatever the term is.
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clinical-psychologyhuman-sciencesmedicineA person, typically a heterosexual male, who compulsively seeks and derives paraphilic sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.
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datedbiologynatural-scienceszoologyAn animal that engages in sexual mimicry.
- "Proper" scorpion fly behavior entails the catching of an edible insect by the male, who then offers it to the female […] If she likes the gift, she mates with the male. Thornhill, however, has observed males approaching other males, assuming the female role until they get a grip on the food. Once they have it, they try to run away with it. The "transvestite" males, according to Thornhill, have an advantage over the other males because they have others do the hunting for them, leaving the "transvestites" more time to reproduce. In additon ^([sic]), the "transvestite" scorpion flies would avoid such hazards of the hunt as spider webs.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。