| 释义 |
maleness|ˈmeɪlnɪs|
[f. male a. + -ness.]
a. ‘Masculine’ or vigorous character; masculinity; also = virility.
b. The quality of being of the male sex.
1663Sir G. Mackenzie Relig. Stoic 144 The vatican of paganism cannot, for the male-ness of its stile, match that matchless Book of Genesis. 1889Geddes & Thomson Evol. Sex xiii. 179 The [parthenogenetic] female cell has a certain maleness about it. 1900Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 486 The differences are the external expression of maleness and femaleness. 1925New Yorker 27 June 17/2 Her strongest reason was the fascination of St. Mawr's terrific ‘maleness’. 1929D. H. Lawrence Pansies 126 So it is with Englishmen. They are all double roses And their true maleness is gone. 1937Discovery Oct. 315/1 His [sc. the stag's] maleness reigns supreme. 1975A. Fraser Whistler's Lane xi. 173 His jacket smelt of horses and tobacco and general maleness. |