common gender
common-gender的词性:
n.(名词)
1. Grammar In Modern English, the gender of those nouns that apply to either sex, as spouse, parent, or mouse.
【语法】 通性:在现代英语中,适用于两性之一的那些名词的性,如 spouse, parent, 或 mouse
2. Linguistics In some languages, the gender of those nouns that may be either masculine or feminine but not neuter, as Latin par?ns, “parent,” or b?s, “ox, cow.”
【语言学】 通性:在某些语言中,可以是阳性或阴性但不是中性的那些名词的性,如拉丁语parens, “双亲”,或 bos, “公牛,母牛”
3. Linguistics In some languages, the gender of those nouns belonging to the single gender derived from the earlier masculine and feminine genders and separate from the neuter gender, as in Hittite or modern Danish.
【语言学】 通性:在某些语言中,从较早的阳性和阴性导出的属于单性的那些名词的性,并从中性分开,如在希泰语或现代丹麦语中