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masculine

adjective
🔊/ˈmæskjəlɪn/
🔊/ˈmæskjəlɪn/
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  1. having the qualities or appearance considered to be typical of men; connected with or like men男子汉的；男人的；像男人的
    • He was handsome and strong, and very masculine.他英俊强壮，富有男子汉气概。🔊🔊
    • That suit makes her look very masculine.她穿那套衣服看起来很男性化。🔊🔊
    compare feminine, male
    Extra Examples
    • She has a very masculine face.她有着一张颇具阳刚之气的脸庞。
    • That's a typically masculine attitude!这是一种典型的男人态度！
    • We assume that stereotypically masculine traits are more suited to the military.我们以为人们常说的男性特质更加适合军队。
    • More women are now entering traditionally masculine domains such as construction.现在，越来越多的妇女进入传统的男性领域，例如建筑业。
    Topics People in societyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
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  2. (grammar语法) belonging to a class of words that refer to male people or animals and often have a special form阳性的
    • ‘He’ and ‘him’ are masculine pronouns.he 和 him 都是阳性代词。🔊🔊
    Topics Languagec1
  3. (grammar语法) (in some languages用于某些语言) belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns or adjectives that have masculine gender, not feminine or neuter阳性的
    • The French word for ‘sun’ is masculine.法语单词 “太阳” 是阳性的。🔊🔊
    Topics Languagec1
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (in grammatical use): via Old French from Latin masculinus, from masculus ‘male’.

masculine

noun
🔊/ˈmæskjəlɪn/
🔊/ˈmæskjəlɪn/
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  1. the masculine
     [singular] the masculine gender (= form of nouns, adjectives and pronouns) （词语的）阳性
  2. [countable] a masculine word or word form阳性词；阳性词形Topics Languagec1
    3. compare feminine, neuter
    Word Originlate Middle English (in grammatical use): via Old French from Latin masculinus, from masculus ‘male’.