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单词 mane
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Definition of mane in English:

mane

noun meɪnmeɪn
  • 1A growth of long hair on the neck of a horse, lion, or other mammal.

    the horse was rushing about in the field, tossing its mane
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Three year-old male lions grow manes that vary in color from black to blond.
    • After combing her mane and tail hair, checking her hoofs, and braiding her tail, I began to saddle Candy up.
    • She lifted herself onto the back of the mare and buried her fingers into the mane of the horse.
    • He swished his narrow head so that his black mane fell behind him, obviously excited.
    • I work my way up his legs and then onto his mane and forelock and lastly his back.
    • The lions ranged from 1.7 to 18 years old, but age did not turn out to be a factor in mane length or density.
    • So the three of us climbed aboard with the child in front taking the reins and clutching the mane of the horse for balance.
    • Two young stable boys with pointed ears and long manes of black hair grabbed the reins of their horses and steadied the animals as the riders dismounted.
    • The former also has long hair on the back of its neck, in the same place as the mane of a horse but shorter.
    • I walk her every day, give her the best hay and barley to eat, and brush her mane and coat every day.
    • Lena's eyes narrowed against the harsh glare of the sun gleaming off the backs and manes of several horses in the surrounding pastures.
    • Thus, she kept her gaze up as she stroked the silky mane of her new horse.
    • I patted the horse's dark mane, and shifted my hips slightly so that I was more comfortable.
    • The Master smiled, and simply watched as Heather combed her fingers through the horses' manes.
    • It came towards the house at an incredible speed, its raven mane tossing wildly in the wind.
    • The lion shook his mane, rushed towards the creature and wounded it.
    • There was light snow falling, and it caught in the horses' manes and actors' hair.
    • A lion with a majestic mane has long been a trophy coveted by big game hunters in Africa.
    • Male lions develop thick woolly manes on the neck and shoulders, signifying maturity.
    • The horses hurtled past, manes streaming behind them.
    • Most species have a mane on the neck and a lock of hair on the forepart of the head known as a forelock.
    Synonyms
    head of hair, shock of hair, mop of hair
    fur, wool
    1. 1.1 A person's long flowing hair.
      he had a mane of white hair
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An unpretentious man, he even kept his hair slicked down because, as he said in 1977, he could not stand musicians who affected dramatic manes of hair.
      • She sat at the desk next to Jacob, and pushed her mane of hair off to the side.
      • That lustrous mane of jet-black hair is steel-grey now, and swept back from his brow.
      • A long mane of white hair fell down his back, and curled around the silver amulet hanging from his neck.
      • She was a lovely, motherly old lady with a mane of white hair wound into a compact bun.
      • Tall and beautiful with a mane of golden hair, she was a publicity agent's dream.
      • It was particularly agonising for Michael, who had spent months growing his flowing mane.
      • He had a thick mane of dark hair, usually slicked back but at times becomingly tousled.
      • All he sees is the rich mane of chestnut hair cascading around her perfect face.
      • It seems an unfair epitaph to bear, but his elbow is now fixed almost as firmly in the nation's mind as his mane of blond hair.
      • One of her most distinctive features has to be that long mane of hair which reaches down to her ankles.
      • Deep down, I think most women have at some point yearned for a mane of long, blonde hair.
      • Sweeping back his mane of greying hair, the former Boomtown Rats singer shook his head.
      • One girl in a blue sari was now shaking her long mane of hair backwards and forwards as she was seized by a series of impossible convulsions.
      • He turned a saw a petite woman with a thick mane of wavy black hair that traveled just past her shoulders.
      • Ivano, his mane of hair tucked under a grey woolly hat, prefers to work with the attackers.
      • The man was a giant, with a large flowing mane of jet black hair and a beard to match.
      • Slick eye make-up and a loose mane of hair complete the predatory look.
      • With his flowing blond mane, he was a naturally flamboyant figure and he backed it up with his deeds on the pitch.
      • A braided band of leather lies across her forehead to hold back her white, thick mane.

Derivatives

  • maned

  • adjective
    • in combination a black-maned lion
  • maneless

  • adjective
    • The scientists had partly suspected that the maneless males were adolescents mistaken for adults by amateur observers.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The scientists believe that one reason these lions evolved to be maneless was that a collar of hair would simply be too hot.
      • In 1898 a pair of maneless male lions purportedly killed and ate some 135 people during a nine-month rampage near Kenya's Tsavo River.
      • We will never know why these talented artists chose to portray these particular scenes or how they got so close to the maneless, pride-dwelling lions.
      • His team helped gather research data on the maneless lions of Tsavo National Park in Kenya.

Origin

Old English manu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch manen.

Rhymes

abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne
 
 

Definition of mane in US English:

mane

nounmeɪnmān
  • 1A growth of long hair on the neck of a horse, lion, or other animal.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I work my way up his legs and then onto his mane and forelock and lastly his back.
    • Three year-old male lions grow manes that vary in color from black to blond.
    • There was light snow falling, and it caught in the horses' manes and actors' hair.
    • I patted the horse's dark mane, and shifted my hips slightly so that I was more comfortable.
    • After combing her mane and tail hair, checking her hoofs, and braiding her tail, I began to saddle Candy up.
    • The lion shook his mane, rushed towards the creature and wounded it.
    • He swished his narrow head so that his black mane fell behind him, obviously excited.
    • So the three of us climbed aboard with the child in front taking the reins and clutching the mane of the horse for balance.
    • Lena's eyes narrowed against the harsh glare of the sun gleaming off the backs and manes of several horses in the surrounding pastures.
    • A lion with a majestic mane has long been a trophy coveted by big game hunters in Africa.
    • The former also has long hair on the back of its neck, in the same place as the mane of a horse but shorter.
    • Two young stable boys with pointed ears and long manes of black hair grabbed the reins of their horses and steadied the animals as the riders dismounted.
    • Most species have a mane on the neck and a lock of hair on the forepart of the head known as a forelock.
    • Thus, she kept her gaze up as she stroked the silky mane of her new horse.
    • I walk her every day, give her the best hay and barley to eat, and brush her mane and coat every day.
    • The Master smiled, and simply watched as Heather combed her fingers through the horses' manes.
    • The horses hurtled past, manes streaming behind them.
    • It came towards the house at an incredible speed, its raven mane tossing wildly in the wind.
    • The lions ranged from 1.7 to 18 years old, but age did not turn out to be a factor in mane length or density.
    • She lifted herself onto the back of the mare and buried her fingers into the mane of the horse.
    • Male lions develop thick woolly manes on the neck and shoulders, signifying maturity.
    Synonyms
    head of hair, shock of hair, mop of hair
    fur, wool
    1. 1.1 A person's long or thick hair.
      he had a mane of white hair
      Example sentencesExamples
      • One girl in a blue sari was now shaking her long mane of hair backwards and forwards as she was seized by a series of impossible convulsions.
      • That lustrous mane of jet-black hair is steel-grey now, and swept back from his brow.
      • An unpretentious man, he even kept his hair slicked down because, as he said in 1977, he could not stand musicians who affected dramatic manes of hair.
      • With his flowing blond mane, he was a naturally flamboyant figure and he backed it up with his deeds on the pitch.
      • A braided band of leather lies across her forehead to hold back her white, thick mane.
      • One of her most distinctive features has to be that long mane of hair which reaches down to her ankles.
      • Slick eye make-up and a loose mane of hair complete the predatory look.
      • Sweeping back his mane of greying hair, the former Boomtown Rats singer shook his head.
      • All he sees is the rich mane of chestnut hair cascading around her perfect face.
      • Ivano, his mane of hair tucked under a grey woolly hat, prefers to work with the attackers.
      • Tall and beautiful with a mane of golden hair, she was a publicity agent's dream.
      • She sat at the desk next to Jacob, and pushed her mane of hair off to the side.
      • She was a lovely, motherly old lady with a mane of white hair wound into a compact bun.
      • It seems an unfair epitaph to bear, but his elbow is now fixed almost as firmly in the nation's mind as his mane of blond hair.
      • It was particularly agonising for Michael, who had spent months growing his flowing mane.
      • Deep down, I think most women have at some point yearned for a mane of long, blonde hair.
      • He turned a saw a petite woman with a thick mane of wavy black hair that traveled just past her shoulders.
      • He had a thick mane of dark hair, usually slicked back but at times becomingly tousled.
      • A long mane of white hair fell down his back, and curled around the silver amulet hanging from his neck.
      • The man was a giant, with a large flowing mane of jet black hair and a beard to match.

Origin

Old English manu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch manen.

 
 
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