male

英 [me?l] 美[mel]

反義詞

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復(fù)數(shù):?males;名詞:?maleness;

male 惡劣的，可憐的，不幸地，過(guò)分地

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)malus,壞的，邪惡的，罪惡的，前綴mal-的原型。

male 男的，雄性的

縮寫(xiě)自拉丁語(yǔ)masculus,男的，雄性的，來(lái)自mas,男人，雄性動(dòng)物，詞源同marry.

male: male: [14] The Latin word for ‘male’ was masculus (from which of course English gets masculine [14]). It passed into Old French as masle, which later became male – hence English male. The Spanish descendant of masculus is macho, which means ‘virile’ as well as simply ‘male’, and has given English macho [20] and the derivative machismo [20]. Another close relative is probably mallard, which seems to mean etymologically ‘male bird’. Female, incidentally, despite its similarity, is not etymologically related to male, although the two have converged formally owing to their semantic closeness.
=> macho, mallard, masculine
male (n.): late 14c., "male human being; male fish or land animal," from Old French masle (adj.) "masculine, male, adult," also used as a noun (12c., Modern French male), from Latin masculus "masculine, male, worthy of a man" (source also of Proven?al mascle, Spanish macho, Italian maschio), diminutive of mas (genitive maris) "male person or animal, male."
male (adj.): late 14c., from Old French male, masle "male, masculine; a male" (see male (n.)). Mechanical sense of "part of an instrument that penetrates another part" is from 1660s.

1. The army is still one of the last male bastions.: 軍隊(duì)仍然是男人占據(jù)的最后堡壘之一。

2. We were in the same college, which was male-only at that time.: 我們那時(shí)在同一所學(xué)院，當(dāng)時(shí)只招男生。

3. The London City Ballet has engaged two male dancers from the Bolshoi.: 倫敦市芭蕾舞團(tuán)從波修瓦芭蕾舞團(tuán)聘來(lái)了兩名男舞蹈演員。

4. In male company, perhaps he did overstep the bounds of propriety.: 在清一色男性的公司里，可能他的舉止確實(shí)有失得體。

5. I realize there's no consensus on what are male or female values.: 我意識(shí)到人們對(duì)什么是男性?xún)r(jià)值觀和什么是女性?xún)r(jià)值觀并無(wú)共識(shí)。