male

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n. 男人, 雄性动物 a. 男性的, 雄性的, 有力的

发音

UK /meɪl/
US /meɪl/
US
IN /meːl/

词形变化

males 复数 males maler 比较级 maler malest more male 比较级 malest 最高级 most male 最高级

别名

M

教材释义与例句

名词

男人；雄性动物

a male animal

形容词

男性的；雄性的；有力的

typical of or relating to men or boys

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

    A human member of the masculine sex or gender.

    男性

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:male.

  2. 2.

    One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

    An animal of the sex that has testes.

  3. 3.

    One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

    A plant of the masculine sex.

    雄

  4. 4.

    A bacterium which has the F factor.

  5. 5.

    A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.

adj. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

    男

    公

    雄

    male writers

    the leading male and female singers

    a male bird feeding a seed to a female

    in bee colonies, all drones are male

    intersex male patients

  2. 2.

    Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)

    stereotypically male interests

    an insect with typically male coloration

  3. 3.

    Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

    the male chromosome

    like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones

  4. 4.

    Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.

    语言学
  5. 5.

    Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).

  6. 6.

    Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.

    比喻

词汇关系

名词

反义词 1

female

上位词 10

someone person somebody soul animal beast creature individual mortal brute

下位词 10

man boy fellow fella lad bloke sire chap steer colt
形容词

同义词 4

manly virile manful manlike

反义词 2

female androgynous

近义相关 5

masculine phallic priapic antheral staminate

参见 1

masculine

相关短语

male pattern baldness [医]男性型秃（发） male chauvinist [法] 大男人沙文主义者 male chauvinism [法] 大男人沙文主义 male member male ferns male fern [医] 绵马 male chauvinists male menopause n. 男子更年期 male circumcision 包皮环切术 male answer syndrome male genital mutilation male genital cutting male members male gaze 男凝

词源

Etymology tree Latin mās Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -culus Latin masculus Vulgar Latin masclus Old French maslebor. Middle English male English male From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho. Displaced native Old English wǣpned (“male”, literally “weaponed”).

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