单词 | manlike |
释义 | manlikeadj.adv. A. adj. 1. a. Having the (good or bad) qualities or characteristics associated with men as distinguished from women; befitting a man. Also: having the qualities or characteristics associated with men as distinguished from children. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > [adjective] manly?c1225 virtuousc1330 manfula1400 manlikec1480 manful-hardy1542 ballsy1959 studly1966 the world > people > person > man > [adjective] > qualities of manly?c1225 manlikec1480 virile1490 mannish1530 manful1655 manny1853 dude1879 blokeish1920 butch1949 c1480 (a1400) St. Eugenia 191 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 129 Quod he: ‘þu ma wele cal þe man, for, þo þu be a woman, manlyk ar þi dedis al’. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 155 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 99 Yai apperit to ye pape & present yaim aye Ffair farrand and fre..And manlyke. 1543 Chron. J. Hardyng cxcii. 345 He then arest... The lorde Cobham full trewe and also manlyke. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xx. f. 161. Yt among Christians may be a common shew of religion, & among men may be manlike ciuilitie. 1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Dvijv The smal reckoning which that manlike nation makes of Fraunce. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 60548 The Bruce he wes..Manlike, weill maid and of ane large stature. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xvii. 264 Elizabeth..Digressing from her Sex, with Man-like gouernment This Iland kept in awe. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 31 The men bestow their times in fishing, hunting, warres, and such man-like exercises. 1678 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civil Wars France (ed. 2) i. 11 The Queen, a woman of a manlike [1647 p. 23 manly] spirit and subtil wit. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 108 Why then are the Africans alone to be called Savages and Barbarians for shewing a manlike Resentment. 1744 J. Harris Three Treat. 245 I can bear whatever happens with manlike Magnanimity. 1763 T. Percy Five Pieces Runic Poetry 16 Young maid,..thou art of manlike courage. 1839 T. Carlyle Chartism iii. 22 It is for a manlike place..in this world..that he struggles. 1895 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Grey Lady (1902) ii. xiv. 335 From long association with men she had learnt a manlike reticence. 1916 W. Lewis Tarr iv. iii, in Egoist Sept. 140/2 Clara..would occasionally show impatience..: a gruff man-like impatience entering grimly into the man-part. 1990 Sun (Brisbane) 29 June 62/2 She would use her reputed man-like strength to break free. ΚΠ c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 18 The quhilk well of manlyk lufe and kyndenes, he schew vs wele the day of his passioun. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 18 Jn him ar twa willis, bathe manlyke and godlyke. a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 299 In twa maneris angelik and manlyke. 1851 H. W. Longfellow tr. F. Von Logau Poet. Aphorisms in Poet. Wks. 306 Man-like is it to fall into sin Fiend-like is it to dwell therein. 1871 R. Browning Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau 71 The powers Called Nature: animate, inanimate, In parts or in the whole, there's something there Man-like that somehow meets the man in me. c. Of a woman: having masculine qualities; mannish. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > man-like woman mannisha1425 manlyc1511 mankind1566 Amazonical1582 Amazonian1595 virago1598 manlike1605 masculine1611 viraginian1642 viraginous1667 Amazonic1782 strong-minded1843 andromorphous1865 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 78 Dido, A Phœnician name, signifying a manlike woman. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iii. 249 Against the Manlike Amazons we stood. 1871 S. Smiles Character xi. 300 Men are sometimes womanlike, and women are sometimes manlike. 1987 J. Davis Libyan Politics (BNC) 166 Women are..equal to men, but they are also more delicate, more beautiful and gentler—they are like flowers, and should not be compelled to be manlike and false to their nature. 2. Resembling a human being; anthropoid. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [adjective] > of human form two-legged1560 manlike1590 walkinga1616 hominiform1678 human-like1748 anthropomorphous1753 anthropomorphic1827 anthropoid1835 personified1851 bimanal1859 anthropoidal1865 humanoid1914 hominoid1950 android- 1590 T. Nelson in Antiquary 13 54/2 Whose form you see is monstrous, strange and rare, Before a manlike shape, behinde a fishes fell. 1604 S. Rowlands Looke to It sig. C2 Man-like in shape, in manners but a beast. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 471 Under his forming hands a Creature grew, Manlike, but different sex, so lovly faire. View more context for this quotation 1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature 104 The structural differences between Man and the Manlike apes. 1898 H. G. Wells War of Worlds i. i. 9 ‘The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one,’ he said. 1899 W. H. Furness Folk Lore Borneo 21 When he stood upon the ground, he met a man-like being. 1916 E. R. Burroughs Beasts of Tarzan xvii. 262 First came five snarling apes, huge, manlike beasts. 1954 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Inst. Primitive Society i. 4 When the more intelligent of them saw that magic does not really achieve the ends aimed at they substituted for it a belief in man-like beings who direct the course of nature. 1992 Earth July 59/1 See if you can make out the rotund manlike profile of this great lava flow. B. adv. In a manful manner, bravely, boldly; (also) in the manner of a man as distinguished from a woman. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > [adverb] manlyOE manfullyc1425 manlikelya1530 manlike1577 viriliously1632 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 34 Lucius Metellus..fought so valiantly and manlike, that he left..one only person. 1592 J. Stow Annales 459 Ioh. Ball..biddeth them..stand manlike together in trueth And helpe truth, and truth shall helpe you. 1837 R. W. Emerson Misc. (1884) 84 So is the danger a danger still; so is the fear worse. Manlike let him turn and face it. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iv. iv. 367 To have neither superior, nor inferior, nor equal, united manlike to you. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula xviii. 248 Manlike, they have told me to go to bed and sleep; as if a woman can sleep when those she loves are in danger! Derivatives ˈmanlikely adv. ΘΚΠ the world > people > [adverb] manlikelya1530 humanly1594 mortally1609 human-like1700 microcosmically1864 the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > [adverb] manlyOE manfullyc1425 manlikelya1530 manlike1577 viriliously1632 a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) viii. l. 2073 Defendand hym rycht manlykly [a1500 Nero manfully]. 1873 P. Brooks New Starts in Life xii. 209 Who does not rejoice that his divine Master could be manlikely indignant? 1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways I. xv. 322 She distinguished that he could only suppose, manlikely, one bad cause for the division. ˈmanlikeness n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [noun] > quality of being personalitya1425 personagea1530 manlikeness1742 personhood1944 the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > [noun] manshipc1275 manheadc1300 virtuec1330 manhooda1393 manliheadc1425 manful-hardinessc1450 manlinessc1450 manfulnessc1460 virtuosity1543 man1602 manlikeness1742 ruggedness1845 balls1958 1742 J. Willison Balm of Gilead (1800) viii. 82 The true motive of Christian love is a manlikeness and love to Christ more than to you. 1903 Fairbairn in Contemp. Rev. Jan. 10 He saw..into the godlikeness of man and the manlikeness of God. 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