female和feminine的区别主要在于含义及用法上。female可作形容词和名词，含义为“女性的、妇女的、雌性动物、雌株、女子”；feminine也可作形容词和名词，含义为“阴性的、女性的、阴性”，可用来指气质、嗓音、外貌等女性化的人。
一、female的含义及用法
female可作名词和形容词，译为女的;女性的;雌的;母的;雌性动物;雌性植物;雌株;女子。
例句：Two of the candidates must be female.
候选人中必须有两名是女性。
More females than males are employed in the factory.
这家工厂雇用的女性比男性多。
Each female will lay just one egg in April or May.
每个雌体四五月份只产一粒卵。
Figs have male and female flowers.
无花果有雄花和雌花。
The female changes colour during the breeding season.
在繁殖季节，雌性改变身上的颜色。
The male bird is easily distinguishable from the female.
这种鸟很容易辨认雌雄。
More females than males are employed in the factory.
这家工厂雇用的女性比男性多。
He thought I was being a hysterical female.
他觉得我当时像个歇斯底里的女人。
A mule is a hybrid of a male donkey and a female horse.
骡子是公驴和母马交配而生的杂种动物。
二、feminine的含义及用法
feminine可作名词和形容词，意为女性化的;阴性的;阴性；阴性词(形式)。
例句：That dress makes you look very feminine.
那件衣服你穿起来很有丽人风韵。
The French word for ‘table’ is feminine.
法语的table一词是阴性。
I've always been attracted to very feminine, delicate women...
我总是被十分娇柔纤弱的女子吸引。
Her daughter doesn't fit the current feminine ideal
她女儿并不符合当今的完美女性标准。
Throughout his career she remained his feminine ideal.
在他整个职业生涯中，她一直是他心中完美女性的代表。
Susan is portrayed as a traditional feminine role in this novel.
在这部小说中，苏珊被刻画成一位传统的女性角色。
