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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- man [mæn] [mæn]
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- 1. noun 成年男子
- 2. noun 人（泛指男人或女人）；尤指灵长目动物（Homo Sapiens）
- 3. noun 人类（不与冠词the或a连用）
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4.
noun
人（泛指男人或女人）；尤指已绝迹的尼安德特人等古人种之一的成员
- 5. noun 丈夫；情夫
- 6. noun 男仆；侍从；部下
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7.
noun
雇员；雇工
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8.
noun
[通常为复数形态时]士兵；水手
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9.
noun
[archaic]
（封建社会的）封臣；家臣；诸侯
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10.
noun
[有时用于]男孩
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11.
noun
男子汉；大丈夫
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12.
noun
大丈夫气概
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13.
noun
球队队员
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14.
noun
[常作the man或加物主代词]所需的人；最合适的人；对手
- 15. noun [slang] 伙计；老兄；喂，你[用作直接呼语]
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16.
noun
[slang]
朋友，伙伴，不一定是男性（也作称谓）
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17.
noun
（男）大学生；（男）大学校友
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18.
noun
[slang]
警察，军事设施
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19.
noun
[American English]
[slang]
[常作the Man]白人；白人社会；白人统治体制
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20.
noun
[slang]
贩卖毒品的人或怂恿别人吸毒的人（毒品相关用语）
- 21. noun 棋子
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22.
noun
[navigation]
船只[用于复合词]
- 23. vt. 给…配备人员
- 24. vt. 在…就位
- 25. vt. 使增强勇气；鼓舞；鼓励
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26.
vt.
[falconry]
驯鹰
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27.
interjection
[slang]
[表示强调的感叹词]
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28.
adjective
男性的；雄性的
- 29. exclam [slang] 哇！（通常用作Man！）
Collins English-English Dictionary
- man [mæn]
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1.
n
null modern man
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2.
n
an adult male human being, as distinguished from a woman
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3.
n
[modifier]
male; masculine
- a man child
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4.
n
[archaic ]
a human being regardless of sex or age, considered as a representative of mankind; a person
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5.
n
[sometimes capital]
human beings collectively; mankind
- the development of man
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6.
n
a member of any of the living races of Homo sapiens, characterized by erect bipedal posture, a highly developed brain, and powers of articulate speech, abstract reasoning, and imagination
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7.
n
any extinct member of the species Homo sapiens, such as Cro-Magnon man
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8.
n
a member of any of the extinct species of the genus Homo, such as Java man, Heidelberg man, and Solo man
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9.
n
an adult male human being with qualities associated with the male, such as courage or virility
- be a man
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10.
n
manly qualities or virtues
- the man in him was outraged
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11.
n
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12.
n
a subordinate, servant, or employee contrasted with an employer or manager
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13.
n
(in combination)
- the number of man-days required to complete a job
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14.
n
[usually plural]
a member of the armed forces who does not hold commissioned, warrant, or noncommissioned rank (as in the phrase officers and men)
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15.
n
a member of a group, team, etc
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16.
n
a husband, boyfriend, etc
- man and wife
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17.
n
an expression used parenthetically to indicate an informal relationship between speaker and hearer
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18.
n
a movable piece in various games, such as draughts
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19.
n
[South African]
[slang]
any person: used as a term of address
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20.
n
a vassal of a feudal lord
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21.
interj
[informal]
an exclamation or expletive, often indicating surprise or pleasure
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22.
vt.
[tr]
to provide with sufficient people for operation, defence, etc
- to man the phones
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23.
vt.
to take one's place at or near in readiness for action
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24.
vt.
[falconry]
to induce (a hawk or falcon) to endure the presence of and handling by man, esp strangers
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25.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English mann; related to Old Frisian man, Old High German man, Dutch man, Icelandic mathr
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26.
adj
[Usage]
The use of man to mean human beings in general is often considered sexist. Gender-neutral alternatives include human beings, people and humankind. The verb to man can also often be replaced by to staff, to operate and related words
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1.
n
null modern man
Examples
- A man, young lady! lady, such a man As all the world--why, he's a man of wax," Romeo and Juliet (Act 1, Sc. III).
- 《罗密欧与朱丽叶》第一幕第三场“尊贵的小姐!这是一个男人，他是一个象世上所有男人一样的男子汉ーー唷，他原来是一个蜡男人!” → anacoluthon
- "old" modifies "man" in old man
- 在词组old man中，old修饰man → modify
- a man-to-man discussion → man-to-man
- A man overboard!
- 有人落水啦! → a
- a man who was here yesterday
- 昨天在这里的那个人 → a
- a man of action
- 活动家，实干家，实行家 → action
- to adjudge a man to prison
- 对某人判以监禁 → adjudge
- a man full of adventure
- 一个富于冒险精神的人 → adventure
- The man built houses mornings, with help, when he had money, etc.
- 这个人当他有钱时，每天上午在(别人)帮助下盖房子(句中斜体部分为状语)。 → adverbial
- a brutish man with anthropoid features
- 一个具有似猿相貌的野人 → anthropoid
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