1. "Masculinisation of neural pathways in response to the testosterone surge at birth proceeds primarily under the control of oestrogen, " they conclude. 他们得到结论，“对雄激素高峰做出反应的神经通路的雄性特征最初是在雌激素的控制之下的。”
2. This might be because large breasts signal a good supply of oestrogen, and one effect of oestrogen is to make more permeable the zona pellucida, the membrane of the egg. 这可能是由于丰满的乳房是雌性激素充足的标志，而雌性激素的一种作用是使卵子的细胞膜——透明带更有可渗透性。
3. A study found that participants who drank for a week from polycarbonate bottles showed a 69 per cent increase in their urine of BPA, which mimics the female sex hormone oestrogen. 研究发现，（好囧的这四个字…）饮用聚碳酸酯瓶装水的参与者，一周后其尿液中BPA增加了69%，而BPA与女性雌激素极其相似。
英英解释
n.
1. a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for ty
