| 释义 |
[ wuhn-man ] / ˈwʌnˌmæn /
adjectiveof or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person: a one-man office; a one-man band. preferring or seeking romantic involvement with one man only: a one-man woman. Origin of one-manFirst recorded in 1835–45 Words nearby one-manone jump ahead, one-legged, one-liner, one-lung, one-lunger, one-man, one-man show, One man's meat is another man's poison, one-many, on end, oneness Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for one-manWhen he returned to New York, Lemkin became a one-man lobbying machine. The Man Who Invented the Word ‘Genocide’|Nina Strochlic|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST As a cultural corrective, Hayes is currently touring in a one-man show titled Riding the Midnight Express with Billy Hayes. The Unbelievable (True) Story of the World’s Most Infamous Hash Smuggler|Marlow Stern|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Meerson traces this scarcity of one-man performers back to a culture of collectivism that predates even the Communist revolution. Igor Meerson, Russia’s Funniest Export|Nico Hines|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Balko has been a kind of one-man category creator on this stuff,” said Reason editor in chief Matt Welch. Koch Brothers Take On Camo-Wearing Cops|Tim Mak|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For his next trick, he should record a one-man cover of “We Are the World.” Fancy Pants Dance, World Cup Poseurs, and More Viral Videos|Alex Chancey|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Such men themselves ask for one-man management, because the work of controlling a factory is not a school for the backward. Dictatorship vs. Democracy|Leon Trotsky They are "one-man" words, to be found only in the writings of their inventors. Stories That Words Tell Us|Elizabeth O'Neill A relic of the old idea that great things are done by one-man power. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him|Paul Leicester Ford The gear, too, was of necessity cumbersome, and on no sort of day could she be called a one-man boat. Through Arctic Lapland|Cutcliffe Hyne Can you not see the folly of allowing this one-man power to continue building these institutions all over this fair land of ours? The Demands of Rome|Elizabeth Schoffen
British Dictionary definitions for one-man
adjectiveconsisting of or done by or for one mana one-man band; a one-man show Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |