Unman
[ʌn'mæn]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like.
(v. t.) To emasculate; to deprive of virility.
(v. t.) To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to make womanish.
(v. t.) To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship.
整理:雪麗
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Emasculate, castrate, geld, deprive of virility.[2]. Dishearten, discourage, make despondent.[3]. Weaken, debilitate, effeminate, emolliate, enfeeble, unnerve, make effeminate.
阿蒂整理
解釋/意思:
v.t. to deprive of the powers of a man as courage virility &c.: to deprive of men.—adj. Unman′like not manlike.—n. Unman′liness effeminacy.—adjs. Unman′ly not becoming a man: unworthy of a noble mind: base: cowardly; Unmanned′ not manned or furnished with men: (Shak.) not tamed or made subject to man maiden virgin.
亚历克斯編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- It would quite unman me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The joyful welcome of my boys, the soft gratulation of Clara, the pressure of Adrian's hand, contributed to unman me. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The very memory half unmans me. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- By Heaven, Malvoisin, yonder girl hath well-nigh unmanned me. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- For the moment, Miss Rachel had completely unmanned him. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- We will not touch on it now, Cary; unmanned as I am, I have not the power to cope with such a topic. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The answer almost unmanned me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- This had received the brunt of our fire and seemed to be entirely unmanned, as not a moving figure was visible upon her decks. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
整理:李奥娜