masculine
- adj. 男性的;陽性的;男子氣概的
- n. 男性;陽性,陽性詞
詞態(tài)變化
中文詞源
來自拉丁語masculus,男人的,具備男人的美德的,來自mas,男人,男子,詞源同marry,-cul,小詞后綴。字面意思即小男子漢,男人的。后引申詞義男性化的,語法格陽性的。male為該詞縮寫詞。
英文詞源
- masculine
- masculine: see male
- masculine (adj.)
- mid-14c., "belonging to the male grammatical gender;" late 14c., "of men, male," from Old French masculin "of the male sex" (12c.), from Latin masculinus "male, of masculine gender," from masculus "male, masculine; worthy of a man," diminutive of mas (genitive maris) "male person, male," of unknown origin. Meaning "having the appropriate qualities of the male sex, manly, virile, powerful" is first attested 1620s. As a noun from mid-15c.
雙語例句
- 1. In most languages adjectives have slightly different spellings for masculine and feminine.
- 在多數(shù)語言中,形容詞的陽性和陰性的拼法略為不同。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Andrew describes her as a large, bony and masculine woman.
- 安德魯說她是一個(gè)瘦骨嶙峋、男人模樣的大塊頭女人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was handsome and strong, and very masculine.
- 他英俊強(qiáng)壯,富有男子漢氣概。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. The opera singer has a deep, booming , masculine voice.
- 這位歌劇演唱家有一副深沉而又渾厚有力的嗓音.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. She has a rather masculine voice.
- 她的聲音有點(diǎn)男性化.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》