female
1.用female代woman现在往往表示轻视，该避免。但在统计男女的时候尽可以用。例如：The city's population includes about two million females.
2.female原来是名词，转用作形容词，着重在性别，feminine原来是形容词，着重在“女子所特有的”或“关于女子的”的意思。如在companion, friend, ruler, servant, ward等单词前面要用female，在companionship, friendship, rule, sympathy, weakness等单词前面要用feminine。female education是“女子教育”，feminine education是“宜于女子的教育”。注意该说female sex和feminine gender，不可说feminine sex和female gender。
3.heir female和female heir（女承继人）意思相同。issue female和female issue（女儿们）也意思相同。
