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单词 mane
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mane

(meɪn)
Word forms: plural manes
1. countable noun
The mane on a horse or lion is the long thick hair that grows from its neck.
2. countable noun
If you refer to a person's hair as their mane, you mean that they have a lot of hair.
[literary]
He had a great mane of white hair.
Synonyms: head More Synonyms of mane

mane in British English

(meɪn)
noun
1. 
the long coarse hair that grows from the crest of the neck in such mammals as the lion and horse
2. 
long thick human hair
Derived forms
maned
adjective
maneless (ˈmaneless)
adjective
Word origin
Old English manu; related to Old High German mana, Old Norse mön, and perhaps to Old English mene and Old High German menni necklace

mane in American English

(meɪn)
noun
1. 
the long hair growing from the top or sides of the neck of certain animals, as the horse or lion
2. 
long, thick human hair
Derived forms
maned
adjective
Word origin
ME < OE manu, akin to Ger mähne < IE *mono-, neck (> Sans mányā, nape of the neck, Welsh mwn, neck), prob. < base *men-, to project > menace

Examples of 'mane' in a sentence
mane

But instead of feathers, this aerial escort has a mane of blonde hair and a whirring propeller on her back.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The distinctive mane of grey hair had been replaced by a snowy beard and glasses.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The horse 's mane can be washed at the same time as his body.
Eccles, Lesley Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring (1989)
It's as deep as his mane of greying hair.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Well, she was with her mane man after all.
The Sun (2011)
Maybe he misses being the mane man, right.
The Sun (2012)
He turned up at training yesterday sporting a new hair style that looked like a lion 's mane.
The Sun (2006)
City's mane man had wanted the drastic haircut for a while but needed time to mullet over.
The Sun (2010)
Short fringe at the front, a few wayward tresses flapping at the side and long mane at the back.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
THREE young lions have a group hug as the mane man returns to his two brothers after a night away.
The Sun (2012)
But yesterday her long mane was back at a launch for the X Factor final.
The Sun (2015)
I ran my hand through my unquestionably thick and glistening mane and thought that, you know what, they might be right.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

In other languages
mane

British English: mane NOUN
The mane on a horse or lion is the long thick hair that grows from its neck.
The horse's mane can be washed at the same time as his body.
  • American English: mane
  • Brazilian Portuguese: juba
  • Chinese: 鬃毛马或狮子的
  • European Spanish: crin
  • French: crinière
  • German: Mähne
  • Italian: criniera
  • Japanese: たてがみ
  • Korean: 말이나 사자의 갈기
  • European Portuguese: juba
  • Latin American Spanish: crin

Definition of 'mane'

Chinese translation of 'mane'

mane

(meɪn)

n (c)

  1. [of horse] 马(馬)鬃(騣) (mǎzōng) (缕, lǚ)
  2. [of lion] 狮(獅)鬣 (shīliè)
  3. [of person] 厚密的头(頭)发(髮) (hòumì de tóufa) (头, tóu)
(noun) 
Definition
long thick human hair
He had a great mane of white hair.
Synonyms
head

Nearby words of
mane

  • managerial
  • mandate
  • mandatory
  • mane
  • manful
  • manfully
  • manger

Synonyms of 'mane'

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