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male

adjective
 OPAL WOPAL S
🔊/meɪl/
🔊/meɪl/
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  1.  
     being a man or boy
    • a male friend/colleague/partner一个男性朋友/同事/伙伴
    • a male nurse/model/dancer男护士/模特/舞者
    • All the attackers were male, aged between 25 and 30.所有的袭击者都是男性，年龄在 25 到 30 岁之间。🔊🔊
    • The workforce is predominantly male.劳动力中男性占绝大多数。
    • There are three lead male characters in the film.电影中有三个男主角。
    • Female students asked more questions than their male counterparts.女学生比男学生提出的问题要多。
    Homophones mail | malemail   male
    🔊/meɪl/
    🔊/meɪl/
    • mail noun
      • I think the card got lost in the mail.我认为该卡在邮件中丢失了。
    • mail verb
      • I'll mail you a formal invitation.我会寄正式邀请函给您。
    • male adjective
      • The male characters in the book are all well drawn.书中的男性人物都被很好地画了出来。
    • male noun
      • The strongest male will become the leader of the pack.最强壮的男性将成为领导者。
    Extra Examples
    • Nate Parker was the romantic male lead in the film.内特·帕克（Nate Parker）是影片中的浪漫男主角。
    • His only male role model is his school soccer coach, Ben.他唯一的男性榜样是他的学校足球教练本。
    • About 40 per cent of the city's male population smoke.该市约40％的男性人口吸烟。
    • a decrease in the ratio of male to female babies男女婴儿比例下降
    Topics People in societya2
  2.  
    (abbreviation m)
    belonging to the sex that does not lay eggs or give birth to babies男性的；雄性的；男的
    • a male bird雄鸟
    • male hormones/fertility/sexuality男性荷尔蒙/生育力/性
    Extra Examples
    • a study on the difference between the male and female brain男女大脑差异的研究
    • Beautiful male bodies abound in the visual art of the period.在这段时期的视觉艺术中，美丽的男性尸体比比皆是。
    Topics Biologya2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • entirely
    • exclusively
    • largely
    • …
    See full entry
  3.  
     of men; typical of men; affecting men
    • male attitudes to women男人对女人的看法
    • traditionally male interests历来属于男人的爱好
    • The club is an exclusively male preserve.该俱乐部只对男性开放。
    • (British English) a male voice choir男声合唱队
    compare masculine
    Extra Examples
    • Indigenous male life expectancy is 69 years.土著男性预期寿命为69岁。
    • I had grown up in a very male environment.我在非常男性化的环境中长大。
    • That was a very male way of dealing with things.那是非常男性化的处事方式。
    • an essentially male Western view of progress实质上是西方男性的发展观
    Topics People in societya2
  4. (biology生物) (of a plant or flower) producing pollen雄性的
    • Live oaks produce male flowers called catkins.橡树产生雄花，称为柳絮。
    • Pollen has not been investigated, as male flowers were not available.花粉尚未调查，因为没有雄花。
  5. (specialist) (of electrical plugs, parts of tools, etc.电器插头、工具部件等) having a part that sticks out that is designed to fit into a hole, socket, etc.阳的；凸形的
    • male connectors/adapters公连接器/适配器
    • A male connector and a female connector plug into each other.公连接器和母连接器彼此插入。
    compare female
    6. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French masle, from Latin masculus, from mas ‘a male’.
  1. a male person, animal or plant男性；雄性；雄株
    • The male of the species has a white tail.这一物种的雄性有一条白色的尾巴。🔊🔊
    • a male-dominated profession男性主宰的职业
    • an adult/adolescent male成年/青春期男性
    • (formal) The body is that of a white male aged about 40.尸体是一名 40 岁上下的白人男子。🔊🔊
    • Haemophilia is a condition that affects mostly males.血友病是一种主要影响男性的疾病。
    compare female
    Homophones mail | malemail   male
    🔊/meɪl/
    🔊/meɪl/
    • mail noun
      • I think the card got lost in the mail.我认为该卡在邮件中丢失了。
    • mail verb
      • I'll mail you a formal invitation.我会寄正式邀请函给您。
    • male adjective
      • The male characters in the book are all well drawn.书中的男性人物都被很好地画了出来。
    • male noun
      • The strongest male will become the leader of the pack.最强壮的男性将成为领导者。
    see also alpha male, dead white male, she-male
    Extra Examples
    • the dominant male in the herd兽群中占支配地位的雄性动物
    • He was approached by two males wearing ski masks.两名戴着滑雪面具的男性向他靠近。
    • To a red-blooded American male, nothing says patriotism like baseball. 对于一个红血统的美国男性，没有什么比棒球更能表达爱国主义了。
    Topics Biologya2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • adult
    • mature
    • adolescent
    • …
    phrases
    • the male of the species
    See full entry
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French masle, from Latin masculus, from mas ‘a male’.