• n. 同性戀者
• adj. 同性戀的

homo-,相同的，sex,性別。即同性別的，后來被心理學家用來指同性戀，并逐漸代替sexual inversion.值得指出的是，該詞本身在過去長期不為其它心理學家所接受，認為這個杜撰出來的詞沒有準確傳達出同性戀這一詞義。

homosexual

homosexual: see homeopathy

homosexual (adj.)

1892, in C.G. Chaddock's translation of Krafft-Ebing's "Psychopathia Sexualis," from German homosexual, homosexuale (by 1880, in Gustav J?ger), from homo-, comb. form of Greek homos "same" (see homo- (1)) + Latin-based sexual.

"Homosexual" is a barbarously hybrid word, and I claim no responsibility for it. It is, however, convenient, and now widely used. "Homogenic" has been suggested as a substitute. [H. Havelock Ellis, "Studies in Psychology," 1897]

Sexual inversion (1883) was an earlier clinical term for it in English. The noun is recorded by 1895. In technical use, either male or female; but in non-technical use almost always male. Slang shortened form homo first attested 1929. See also uranian.

1. A fraud trial involving two homosexual lawyers was abandoned.

一樁涉及兩名同性戀律師的欺詐案審判被撤銷了。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He came out as a homosexual after his mother died.

他在母親死后公開承認自己是同性戀者.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. In a society that institutionalizes homosexuality, they will be homosexual.

在一個將同性戀制度化的社會中, 人們會進行同性戀愛.

來自哲學部分

4. I never knew he was a closet queen , ie homosexual.

我從來不知道他暗地里搞同性戀.

來自辭典例句

5. That same morning Vincent visited his friend, the notorious homosexual, Comte de Passavant.

同日上午,文森特到朋友德·帕薩汶特伯爵處作客, 此人是個聲名狼藉的同性戀者.

來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 文學