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单词 manhood
释义 man·hood
\ˈmanˌhu̇d, -aan-\ noun
Etymology: Middle English manhode, from man + -hode -hood
1. : the condition of being a human being : human quality or nature
 < make moral postulates that rest less on his scientific knowledge than on his simple manhood — Weston La Barre >
2. : manly qualities : courage, bravery, resolution
 < send manhood out of him in fear — G.D.Brown >
 < society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members — R.W.Emerson >
3.
 a. : the condition of being an adult male
  < the thing for which he had striven since manhood — Mary K. Hammond >
  < grew to manhood in a frontier town >
 b. : the condition of being a male as distinguished from a female
  < has become the symbol of manhood, which is socially valued — H.M.Parshley >
 c. : virility
 d. : male genitalia
4. : men; especially : the adult males
 < Ireland's manhood … were distributed among the prisons of England — O.S.J.Gogarty >
 < Britain's strength lies in her own manhood, standing on her own shores — M.W.Straight >
5. : mature status : maturity
 < grew up to manhood under the protection of Great Britain — F.H.Underhill >
 < combat aviation has grown to manhood — H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker >
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