famale

female, feminine

这两个词是同义词，都有“女性的”意思，但涵义和使用场合有所不同。
female: 表示“女的”、“女性的”、“雌的”之意，着重指性别而言，经常与之搭配的词有：sex，child，friend，companion，heir，ruler，servant，ward，voice，figure，suffrage，education，animal，plant等，其对立词是male.

• yesterday we received a lot of guests，male and female，in victoria peak garden.
  昨日我们在山顶公园接待了很多来宾，有男的也有女的。
• his younger sister, it is said, a female operative.
  据说，他的妹妹是个女工。
• a doe is female deer.
  牝鹿就是雌鹿。

feminine: 着重指“有女性气质的”之意，经常与之搭配的词有nature，sympathy，weakness，virtue，frivolity，curiosity，voice，pursuits，hobbies，clothes等，其对立词是masculine.

• she has got all the feminine virtues.
  她具有全部女性的长处。
• this gentleman has got a feminine voice.
  这位男士说话的声音像女子。

1. I doubt if there will be a female president in this country in my lifetime.
   我怀疑在我有生之年这个国家会不会出现一位女总统。
2. The male's orange beak differentiates it from the female.
   那种鸟雄鸟的喙呈橙色，与雌鸟不同。
3. The male sperm fertilizes the female egg.
   雄性的精子使雌性的卵子受精。
4. The male and female genders are equal.
   男性和女性是平等的。
5. Men begin to enter female jobs out of consideration for personal interest.
   出于个人利益考虑，男子开始介入女子的工作领域。
6. The male voice is deeper than the female.
   男性的嗓音比女性的低沉。
7. All the female workers in this factory got a present on March 8.
   这家工厂的所有女职工在三八节都得到了一份礼物。