felicity
/fE'lisEti; fE'lisEti/
n
(fml 文)
1 [U

feline
/'fi:lain; 'filain/
adj, n (of or like an) animal of the cat family 貓科動物; （似）貓科的:
* walk with a feline grace 輕巧地行走.

fell
1 pt of fall1.

fellatio
/fE'leiFi:Eu; fE'leFio/
n [U

fellow
/'felEu; 'felo/
n
1
(esp pl, often in compounds 尤作複數, 常用以構成複合詞) companion; comrade 同伴; 同志:
* `playfellows
* `bedfellows
* fellows in good fortune, misery 共安樂、 共患難的人
* Her fellows share her interest in computers. 她的同伴跟她一樣對計算機感興趣.
2 [attrib 作定語

fellowship
/'felEuFip; 'felo7Fip/
n
1 [U

felony
/'felEni; 'felEni/
n [C, U

felspar
= feldspar.

felt
1 pt, pp of feel1.

felucca
/fE'lQkE; fE'lQkE/
n narrow ship with oars or sails or both, used on Mediterranean coasts （用槳或帆或兩者皆用的）小船（用於地中海沿岸）.

fem
abbr 縮寫 = female; feminine. Cf 參看 masc.

female
/'fi:meil; 'fimel/
adj
1 (a) of the sex that can give birth to children or produce eggs 女的; 母的; 雌性的:
* a female dog, cat, pig, etc 母狗、 母貓、 母豬.
(b) (of plants and flowers) producing fruit （指樹木、 花卉）結果實的, 雌性的, 有雌蕊的:
* a female fig-tree 雌性無花果樹.
2 of or typical of women 婦女的; 女性的; 女性特有的:
* female suffrage 婦女選舉權
* the female mentality 婦女心態.
3 (of a plug, socket, etc) having a hollow part designed to receive an inserted part （指插頭、 插座等）有內孔的, 凹的.
派生： female n
1 female animal or plant 雌性的動物或植物.
2 (often derog 常作貶義) woman 女人: Who on earth is that female he's with? 跟他在一起的那個女人究竟是誰?
NOTE ON USAGE 用法:
1 (a) Male and female are nouns and adjectives used to indicate the sex of living things *male和female既可作名詞也可作形容詞, 用以表示生物的性別: a male/female giraffe, bird, sardine, child, flower, etc 公[母

female1
2 (a) Masculine and feminine are adjectives used to describe the behaviour, appearance, etc considered normal or acceptable for humans of one sex or the other. *masculine和feminine為形容詞, 用以描述所謂正常的或公認的男女之別, 如行為、 外貌等. They can therefore be used of the `opposite' sex: a man can be described as feminine but not female 形容男人可用feminine而不可用female: She dresses in a very feminine way. 她穿得非常女性化.
* She has a deep masculine voice. 她的聲音像男人的那樣低沈.
(b) As nouns and adjectives masculine and feminine (as well as neuter) indicate grammatical gender. *masculine和feminine（以及neuter）作名詞和形容詞, 分別用以指語法中的陽性和陰性（以及中性）.

feminine
/'femEnin; 'femEnin/
adj
1 of or like women; having the qualities or appearance considered characteristic of women 女性的; 女人般的; 具有女性氣質或外貌特徵的:
* a feminine voice, figure, appearance 女性的嗓聲、 體形、 容貌.
2
(grammar) belonging to a class of words in English referring to female persons, animals, etc and often having a special form 陰性的:
* `Lioness' is the feminine form of `lion'. lioness是lion的陰性形式.
* The feminine form of `count' is `countess'. count的陰性形式是countess.
派生： feminine n
(grammar) feminine word or gender 陰性詞; 陰性.
femininity/7femE'ninEti; 7femE'ninEti/
n [U

feminism
/'feminizEm; 'femE7nizEm/
n [U

femme fatale
/7fm fE'ta:l; 7fAm fE'tal/
(pl femmes fatales/7fm fE'ta:l; 7fAm fE'tal/
) (French 法) woman to whom a man feels irresistibly attracted, with dangerous or unhappy results 妖媚迷人的女子（為男子的禍患）:
*
* She was his femme fatale. 她是他的紅顏禍水.

femur
/'fi:mE(r); 'fiml/
n (pl ~s or  femora/'femErE; 'femErE/
) (anatomy 解) thigh-bone 股骨. =>illus at skeleton 見skeleton插圖. > femoral/'femErEl;'femErEl/
adj.

fen
/fen; fen/
n
1 [C

fence
1/fens; fens/
n
1 structure of rails, stakes, wire, etc, esp one put round a field or garden to mark a boundary or keep animals from straying 柵欄; 籬笆; 圍牆. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1插圖, page vi.
2 (idm 習語) come down on one side of the fence or the other => side1. sit on the fence => sit.
派生： fence v
1 [Tn

fend
/fend; fend/
v (phr v) fend for one`self take care of or look after oneself; support oneself 照顧自己; 自謀生計; 獨立生活:
* It is time you left home and learnt to fend for yourself. 你應該離家自立了. fend sth/sb off defend oneself from sth/sb; fight sth/sb off 牴禦或抵擋某事物[某人