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  • Derivatives : n  masculinity ; adv  masculinely
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

masculine ['mæskjulɪn]
  1. 1. adjective [+characteristic] [ value etc] (of men) 男性的
  2. 2. adjective [+man] [ woman] [ image] (manly) 男子气的
  3. 3. adjective [+room] [ clothes] 男性化的
  4. 4. adjective [语言] [+pronoun etc] 阳性的

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

masculine [ˈmæskjʊlɪn]
  1. 1. adjective [Grammar] 阳性的
  2. 2. adjective 男性的男子
  3. 3. adjective 阳性结尾
  4. 4. adjective 男子气概
  5. 5. adjective 女子)有男子气的,像男人
  6. 6. n.[u] 阳性
  7. 7. n.[c] 阳性词,阳性形式

Collins English-English Dictionary

masculine ['mæskjυlɪn]
  1. 1. adj possessing qualities or characteristics considered typical of or appropriate to a man; manly
  2. 2. adj unwomanly
  3. 3. adj [grammar] denoting a gender of nouns, occurring in many inflected languages, that includes all kinds of referents as well as some male animate referents
  4. 4. adj (as noun)
    German ``Weg'' is a masculine
  5. 5. adj [Etymology] C14: via French from Latin masculinus, from masculus male, from mas a male

Examples

His feminine body hardly squares with the masculine Australian image.
他的女性化的身材同他澳洲粗狂男性形象不相符。
她长得有些男相。
She looks quite masculine.
阳性
masculine

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