mannish

a. 男子似的, 成人似的

发音

其它 /ˈmæn.ɪʃ/

词形变化

more mannish 比较级 most mannish 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Resembling or characteristic of a man, masculine.

  2. 2.

    Resembling or characteristic of a grown man (as opposed to a boy); mature, adult.

  3. 3.

    Impertinent; assertive.

    2014, Kurt Campbell, “Police left 15-year-old to die — Relatives,” inewsguyana.com, 11 March, 2014, “They could have saved his life because he was still living, one woman said when she told the police that the boy was alive he said leave him to die, he’s wanted,” Giddings cried, adding that “I know he bad, he mannish, he does misbehave but I never know he was wanted… how can they make the claim without medical assistance.”

  4. 4.

    Precocious.

    非裔美国英语
  5. 5.

    Resembling or characteristic of a human being, in form or nature; human.

    古体

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近义相关 2

masculine unwomanly

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词源

From Middle English mannish, mannisshe, mannysh, from earlier mennish (“human”), from Old English mennisċ (“human, natural, humane”), from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). By surface analysis, man + -ish. Doublet of mennish, mense, and mensch.

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