英语词汇“masculine”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	masculine
释义	mas·cu·line I. \ˈmaskyələ̇n, ˈmaas-, chiefly Brit ˈmȧs-\ adjective Etymology: Middle English masculin, from Middle French, from Latin masculinus, from masculus, adjective & noun, male (diminutive of mas, adjective & noun, male) + -inus -ine 1. : male < accompanied by a masculine member of her family — Joseph Hergesheimer > < the woman's masculine partner — C.S.Ford & F.A.Beach > 2. a. : belonging to, conforming to or constituting the class of words or grammatical forms characteristically referring to males < masculine nouns > < a masculine suffix > < masculine gender > — compare feminine b. (1) of a syllable : stressed, strong (2) of rhyme : occurring in stressed final syllables 3. a. : suggestive of or being in some way like a man < the brazier … is essentially a masculine thing — Edmund Vale > < the worn leather armchair … was as masculine and durable as the benches in a railway waiting room — Walter de la Mare > < the mountain stands … ruggedly masculine in outline — American Guide Series: New Hampshire > b. of a sign of the zodiac : having a masculine influence c. (1) : belonging or peculiar to or used by males < the poem is almost exclusively a masculine method of expression — C.W.Cunnington > < a sea of languishing masculine glances — Elinor Wylie > < had this skill as well as the masculine ones of riding and shooting — Jean Stafford > (2) : consisting of, dominated by, or made by males < the invasion was a purely masculine one — Seamus MacCall > < have created a masculine country — H.S.Commager > < the industry is wholly masculine — R.H.Lowie > (3) : having the qualities distinctive of or appropriate to a male : virile, robust, manly < a big, active, masculine creature — Margaret Deland > < she cannot manage masculine men — Edward Sackville-West > < a contagious masculine book — Encyc. Americana > (4) : having a mannish appearance, bearing, or quality : unwomanly < gaunt and masculine with … mousey hair plastered back above her ears — Leslie Charteris > (5) obsolete : powerful, strong Synonyms: see male II. noun (-s) : something that is masculine: as a. : a male person b. (1) : a noun, pronoun, adjective, or inflectional form or class of the masculine gender (2) : the masculine gender
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