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M0069600 (măn)n. pl. men (mĕn) 1. An adult male human.2. A human regardless of sex or age; a person.3. A human or an adult male human belonging to a specific occupation, group, nationality, or other category. Often used in combination: a milkman; a congressman; a freeman.4. The human race; mankind: man's quest for peace.5. A male human endowed with qualities, such as strength, considered characteristic of manhood.6. Informal a. A husband.b. A male lover or sweetheart.7. mena. Workers.b. Enlisted personnel of the armed forces: officers and men.8. A male representative, as of a country or company: our man in Tokyo.9. A male servant or subordinate.10. Informal Used as a familiar form of address for a man: See here, my good man!11. One who swore allegiance to a lord in the Middle Ages; a vassal.12. Games Any of the pieces used in a board game, such as chess or checkers.13. Nautical A ship. Often used in combination: a merchantman; a man-of-war.14. often Man Slang A person or group felt to be in a position of power or authority. Used with the: "Their writing mainly concerns the street life—the pimp, the junky, the forces of drug addiction, exploitation at the hands of 'the man'" (Black World).tr.v. manned, man·ning, mans 1. To supply with men, as for defense or service: man a ship.2. To take stations at, as to defend or operate: manned the guns.3. To fortify or brace: manned himself for the battle ahead.interj. Used as an expletive to indicate intense feeling: Man! That was close.Phrasal Verb: man up Slang To take an action displaying stereotypically masculine virtues such as decisiveness or courage.Idioms: as one man1. In complete agreement; unanimously.2. With no exception: They objected as one man. (one's) own man Independent in judgment and action. to a man Without exception: All were lost, to a man.

[Middle English, from Old English mann; see man- in Indo-European roots.]Usage Note: Traditionally, many writers have used man and words derived from it to designate any or all of the human race regardless of sex. In fact, this is the oldest use of the word. In Old English the principal sense of man was "a human," and the words wer and wyf (or wæpman and wifman) were used to refer to "a male human" and "a female human" respectively. But in Middle English man displaced wer as the term for "a male human," while wyfman (which evolved into present-day woman) was retained for "a female human." Man also continued to carry its original sense of "a human," resulting in an asymmetric arrangement that many criticize as sexist. Despite the objections to the generic use of man, a solid majority of the Usage Panel still approves of it. For example, the sentence If early man suffered from a lack of information, modern man is tyrannized by an excess of it was acceptable to 79 percent of the Panel in our 2004 survey, and the sentence The site shows that man learned to use tools much earlier than scientists believed possible was acceptable to 75 percent. However, only 48 percent approved of the generic plural form of man, as in Men learned to use tools more than ten thousand years ago, probably because the plural, unlike the singular man, suggests that one is referring to actual men of ten thousand years ago, taking them as representative of the species. · A substantial majority of the Panel also accepts compound words derived from generic man, and resistance to these compounds does not appear to be increasing. In the 2004 survey, 87 percent accepted the sentence The Great Wall is the only manmade structure visible from space—essentially the same percentage that accepted this sentence in 1988 (86 percent). In the 2004 survey, 86 percent also accepted The first manmade fiber to be commercially manufactured in the US was rayon, in 1910, suggesting that context makes no difference on this issue. · As a verb, man was originally used in military and nautical contexts, when the group performing the action consisted entirely of men. In the days when only men manned the decks, there was no need for a different word to include women. Today, the verb form of man can be considered sexist when the subject includes or is limited to women, as in the sentence Members of the League of Women Voters will be manning the registration desk. But in our 2004 survey only 26 percent of the Usage Panel considered this sentence to be unacceptable. This is noticeably fewer Panelists than the 56 percent who rejected this same sentence in 1988. This suggests that for many people the issue of the generic use of man is not as salient as it once was. See Usage Notes at chairman, -ess, men.

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1.to a man - without exception; "voted for unionization to a man"

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(mӕn) – plural men (men) – noun1. an adult male human being. Hundreds of men, women and children; a four-man team.男子2. human beings taken as a whole; the human race. the development of man.人类3. obviously masculine male person. He's independent, tough, strong, brave – a real man!男子汉4. a word sometimes used in speaking informally or giving commands to someone. Get on with your work, man, and stop complaining! （呼唤）喂，老兄 5. an ordinary soldier, who is not an officer. officers and men.士兵6. a piece used in playing chess or draughts. I took three of his men in one move.棋子 verb – past tense, past participle manned – to supply with men (especially soldiers). The colonel manned the guns with soldiers from our regiment.给...配备人员-man (-mən) , (-mӕn) a person (formerly usually used for either sex; currently, often replaced by -person when the person referred to can be of either sex) who performs a particular activity, as in postman, *milkman, *chairman etc. …人的（后缀） ˈmanhood noun1. (of a male) the state of being adult, physically (and mentally) mature etc. He died before he reached manhood.成年2. manly qualities. He took her refusal to marry him as an insult to his manhood.男子气概manˈkind noun the human race as a whole. He worked for the benefit of all mankind.人类ˈmanly adjective having the qualities thought desirable in a man, ie strength, determination, courage etc. He is strong and manly.男子气概的ˈmanliness noun男子气概manned adjective supplied with men. a manned spacecraft.有人操纵的ˈman-eating adjective which will eat people. a man-eating tiger.食人的ˈman-eater noun食人者manˈhandle verb1. to move, carry etc by hand. When the crane broke down, they had to manhandle the crates on to the boat.人力推动2. to treat roughly. You'll break all the china if you manhandle it like that!粗暴地对待ˈmanhole noun a hole (usually in the middle of a road or pavement) through which someone may go to inspect sewers etc. 人孔，检查口 ˌman-ˈmade adjective made, happening or formed by man, not by natural means. a man-made lake.人造的ˈmanpower noun the number of people available for employment etc. There's a shortage of manpower in the building industry.人力ˈmanservant – plural ˈmenservants – noun a male servant (especially one employed as a valet). He has only one manservant.男仆ˈmansize(d) adjective of a size suitable for a man; large. a mansized breakfast.宜于男人的ˈmanslaughter noun the crime of killing someone, without intending to do so. He was found guilty of manslaughter.过失杀人ˈmenfolk noun plural male people, especially male relatives. The wives accompanied their menfolk.男人们ˈmenswear (ˈmenz-) noun clothing for men. Do you sell menswear?男服as one man simultaneously; together. They rose as one man to applaud his speech.一齐the man in the street the ordinary, typical, average man. The man in the street often has little interest in politics.普通人man of letters a writer and/or scholar. Shakespeare was perhaps Britain's greatest man of letters.作家man of the world a sophisticated man who is not likely to be shocked or surprised by most things. You can speak freely – we're all men of the world.饱经世故者man to man as one man to another; openly or frankly: They talked man to man about their problems; adjective (etc)a man-to-man discussion. 坦诚的to a man every one, without exception. They voted to a man to accept the proposal. 全部一致，毫无例外

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