单词 | menfolk |
释义 | menfolkn. 1. In singular (with plural agreement) and (now esp. North American) plural. colloquial and regional (now chiefly North American). Men in general; the men of a family, household, etc., esp. as distinguished from the women. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] > men collectively wapman-kinc1175 manc1300 menkinda1470 mankind1526 manhood1588 mens-kind1592 the sterner (alsobetter, rougher, stronger) sex1608 lords of creation1649 menfolk1749 masculinity1860 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. v. 38 Bidding the landlady..wake Mr. Jones... The Landlady referred her to Partridge, saying,..‘she never called Men Folks, especially Gentlemen.’ View more context for this quotation 1793 C. Smith Old Manor House II. xi. 261 I suppose she thoft I had got you locked up in my cupboard, as they say she used for to have the men-folk in her younger days in the housekeeper's store-room. 1806 R. Bloomfield Wild Flowers 46 Owd women..Stood praising the fine weather; The menfolks took the hint at once To kiss them altogether. 1808 R. Anderson et al. Ballads in Cumberland Dial. (new ed.) 29 I've wonder'd sin I kent mysel, What keeps the men fwok aw frae me. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Men folks, usually the male labourers on a farm. Males in general, as distinct from ‘women folks’. 1898 Cosmopolitan July 284/1 The men-folk managed to git the roof shingled an' the winders fixed. 1905 ‘S. Tytler’ Daughter of Manse ii. ii. 138 These, her ‘men-folk’, did not strike her as shining and doing her credit in any other sphere. 1952 M. R. Rinehart Swimming Pool xix. 171 Sitting outside were my menfolks, Phil and Bill. 1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Nov. 37/2 While women were smoldering volcanos of devouring sexual passion, their menfolk were pitiful wimps. ΘΚΠ the world > people > [noun] maneOE worldOE all fleshc1000 mankinOE earthOE little worldc1175 man's kinda1200 mankinda1225 worldrichec1275 slimec1315 kindc1325 world1340 sectc1400 humanityc1450 microcosma1475 peoplea1500 the human kindred?1533 race1553 homo1561 humankind1561 universality1561 deadly?1590 mortality1598 rational1601 vicegerent1601 small world1604 flesh and blooda1616 mannity1621 human race1623 universea1645 nations1667 public1699 the species1711 Adamhood1828 Jock Tamson's bairns1832 folx1833 Bimana1839 human1841 peeps1847 menfolk1870 manfolk1876 amniota1879 peoplekind1956 personkind1972 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 10 Slipping through the seas Ye never think, ye men-folk, how ye seem From down below through the green waters' gleam. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. vi. 104 But meseemeth unto menfolk speech-wont am I come anigh. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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