sex
gb/sˈɛks/ us/sˈɛks/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 1200
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
B1
action
1
sexual activity between people
When two people touch each other in a sexual way, especially having intercourse.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to have sex (with [someone])
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'sex' (the act) with 'gender' (male/female identity).
คำพ้องความหมาย
intercourse (More formal and clinical term for the physical act.)
คำตรงข้าม
abstinence (Choosing not to have sexual activity.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
have sex
|safe sex
|casual sex
|consensual sex
|sex life
หัวข้อ
relationships
|health
|daily life
|body
ตัวอย่าง
- They decided to wait before having sex.
- Safe sex practices can reduce the risk of disease.
- The movie contains scenes of explicit sex.
- He admitted to having sex with his partner before marriage.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- They had sex for the first time.
- You should practice safe sex.
- She does not want to have sex now.
- They had sex after they got married.
คำนาม
A2
entity
2
male or female biological category
Whether a person or animal is male or female by birth.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone's] sex is [male/female]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'sex' with 'sexual activity' when referring to biological classification.
คำพ้องความหมาย
gender (Often used interchangeably in casual contexts, but 'gender' can also refer to social identity.)
คำตรงข้าม
hermaphroditism (Condition of having both male and female reproductive organs; opposite in the sense of binary classification.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
opposite sex
|same sex
|biological sex
|sex differences
หัวข้อ
science
|health
|body
ตัวอย่าง
- The form asks you to state your sex.
- Some animals can change their sex.
- They are studying differences between the sexes.
- Sex is determined at conception.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- My sex is female.
- The doctor wrote my sex on the form.
- We talked about the differences between the sexes.
คำนาม
informal
B2
property
3
sexual attractiveness or appeal
How much someone makes others feel sexual interest.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may think 'sex' here refers to the act, but it actually refers to attractiveness.
คำพ้องความหมาย
sexiness (More casual term for sexual attractiveness.)
คำตรงข้าม
plainness (Lack of physical or sexual attractiveness.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
sex appeal
|add sex to [something]
หัวข้อ
relationships
|media
|emotions
ตัวอย่าง
- The new ad campaign is all about sex appeal.
- That actor has a lot of sex about him.
- They tried to add some sex to the product launch.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The movie star has a lot of sex appeal.
- The ad shows a woman to add sex appeal.
- He thinks she has no sex appeal.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
sex
IPA
GB/sˈɛks/
US/sˈɛks/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
sex (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (sex)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: sex
- Plural: sex, sexes
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
วลีและสำนวน
have sex
1/hˈæv sˈɛks/
fixed phrase
engage in sexual activity with someone
To do sexual activity with another person.
ตัวอย่าง
- They decided not to have sex until marriage.
- He admitted that they had sex after the party.
opposite sex
1/ˈɑpəzɪt sˈɛks/
fixed phrase
of different biological categories
When one person is male and the other is female.
ตัวอย่าง
- He finds it hard to talk to the opposite sex.
- Opposite-sex friendships can be challenging for some.
safe sex
1/sˈeɪf sˈɛks/
fixed phrase
sexual activity using protection
Sex where people use things like condoms to stop disease or pregnancy.
ตัวอย่าง
- Schools often teach about safe sex.
- Practicing safe sex reduces health risks.
same sex
1/sˈeɪm sˈɛks/
fixed phrase
of the same biological category
When two people are both male or both female.
ตัวอย่าง
- They are a same-sex couple.
- Same-sex marriage is legal in many countries.