释义 |
menfolkmen‧folk /ˈmenfəʊk $ -foʊk/ noun [plural] old-fashioned  - Ahead of them, as was fitting, were the menfolk, more soberly-clad save for the bright kerchiefs round their necks.
- He also taught them the arts of circumcision and sub-incision, used to produce the traditional tattoos sported by Aranda menfolk.
- He might even try to inflame the menfolk of Banda into stoning Jane.
- Mrs Lane was the miniature goddess who controlled her large, tolerant, good-humoured menfolk, and made this whole organisation work.
- Sooner or later the woman will give in, because the squalor is not held against the menfolk but against her.
- The greatest complication about any ball is that one requires menfolk with whom to attend it.
- The loyalty of the women of the mining communities to their menfolk is, of course, legend.
- Women keep the home fires burning while their menfolk hunt and commune with sacred things.
the men in a particular society, family etc → womenfolk: Many women took in washing to supplement the income of their menfolk. |