masculine
英 ['m?skj?l?n]
美['m?skj?l?n]
- adj. 男性的；陽(yáng)性的；男子氣概的
- n. 男性；陽(yáng)性，陽(yáng)性詞
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詞態(tài)變化
比較級(jí):?more masculine;最高級(jí):?most masculine;
中文詞源
masculine 男人的，男性化的，陽(yáng)性的
來自拉丁語(yǔ)masculus,男人的，具備男人的美德的，來自mas,男人，男子，詞源同marry,-cul,小詞后綴。字面意思即小男子漢，男人的。后引申詞義男性化的，語(yǔ)法格陽(yáng)性的。male為該詞縮寫詞。
英文詞源
- masculine
- masculine: see male
- masculine (adj.)
- mid-14c., "belonging to the male grammatical gender;" late 14c., "of men, male," from Old French masculin "of the male sex" (12c.), from Latin masculinus "male, of masculine gender," from masculus "male, masculine; worthy of a man," diminutive of mas (genitive maris) "male person, male," of unknown origin. Meaning "having the appropriate qualities of the male sex, manly, virile, powerful" is first attested 1620s. As a noun from mid-15c.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. In most languages adjectives have slightly different spellings for masculine and feminine.
- 在多數(shù)語(yǔ)言中，形容詞的陽(yáng)性和陰性的拼法略為不同。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Andrew describes her as a large, bony and masculine woman.
- 安德魯說她是一個(gè)瘦骨嶙峋、男人模樣的大塊頭女人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was handsome and strong, and very masculine.
- 他英俊強(qiáng)壯，富有男子漢氣概。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. The opera singer has a deep, booming , masculine voice.
- 這位歌劇演唱家有一副深沉而又渾厚有力的嗓音.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. She has a rather masculine voice.
- 她的聲音有點(diǎn)男性化.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》