masculine
masculine 英 [ˈmæskjəlɪn] 美 [ˈmæskjəlɪn]
adj. 男性的；阳性的；男子气概的 n. 男性；阳性，阳性词
名词复数:masculines
- If something’s masculine, it’s related to men. When you hear a masculine voice outside greeting your neighbor, you know it’s your dad and not your mom.
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- adj. 男性的；阳性的；男子气概的
- n. 男性；阳性，阳性词
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1. He was handsome and strong, and very masculine.
他英俊强壮，富有男子汉气概。
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2. hat suit makes her look very masculine.
她穿那套衣服看起来很男性化。
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3. The French word for ‘sun’ is masculine.
法语单词“太阳”是阳性的。
- 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.
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