Masculine
['mæskjʊlɪn] or ['mæskjəlɪn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male.
(adj.) associated with men and not with women .
(adj.) of grammatical gender .
(adj.) (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; 'a masculine cadence'; 'the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'' .
卡蜜拉整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of the male sex; not female.
(a.) Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.
(a.) Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.
(a.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.
編輯:齐克
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Male, of the male sex, not female.[2]. Manly, virile, manlike, not feminine, not effeminate.
爱德温錄入
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Male, manly, manful, hardy, courageous, virile
ANT:Female, feminine, womanish, womanly, effeminate
編輯:拉维恩
解釋/意思:
adj. of the male sex: having the qualities of a man: resembling a man or suitable to a man: robust: of a woman bold forward unwomanly: denoting nouns which are names of males.—n. (gram.) the masculine gender.—adv. Mas′culinely.—ns. Mas′culineness Masculin′ity.
卡米尔錄入
娱乐性解釋/意思:
From Grk. maskos, girl, and eukolos, easy. Easy for the girls.
整理:米歇尔
例句/造句/用法:
- She is represented upon her monuments in masculine garb, and with a long beard as a symbol of wisdom. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Fred thought it might be well to suggest these masculine examples to Mrs. Garth. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- One was in a strong masculine hand and was unsealed. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- That depends---- However, there is nothing masculine about _her_? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Large, masculine feet they were, with peculiarly long, sharp toes. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Now that was tact, for two of the ruling foibles of the masculine mind were touched. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- A perfect type of the strongly masculine, unmarred by dissipation, or brutal or degrading passions. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Those provinces of masculine knowledge seemed to her a standing-ground from which all truth could be seen more truly. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It was the kind of masculine solidarity that he himself often practised; now he sickened at their connivance. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- A vast shadow, in which could be dimly traced portions of a masculine contour, blotted half the ceiling. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Caroline is neither masculine, nor of what they call the spirited order of women. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Yes, if Mrs. Pryor owns six feet of stature, and if she has changed her decent widow's weeds for masculine disguise. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But hard labour and learned professions, they say, make women masculine, coarse, unwomanly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Now dogs are not divided into hes and shes--we do not take the masculine gender out to hunt and leave the females at home to look after their puppies. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Those who do not know you, hearing you speak thus, would think you affected masculine manners. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
手打:特伦斯