masculine

英 ['mæskjʊlɪn] 美 ['mæskjəlɪn]

解释

※ 提供单词"masculine"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

masculine 男人的，男性化的，阳性的

来自拉丁语masculus,男人的，具备男人的美德的，来自mas,男人，男子，词源同marry,-cul,小词后缀。字面意思即小男子汉，男人的。后引申词义男性化的，语法格阳性的。male为该词缩写词。

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.

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1. In most languages adjectives have slightly different spellings for masculine and feminine.: 在多数语言中，形容词的阳性和阴性的拼法略为不同。

2. Andrew describes her as a large, bony and masculine woman.: 安德鲁说她是一个瘦骨嶙峋、男人模样的大块头女人。

4. The opera singer has a deep, booming , masculine voice.: 这位歌剧演唱家有一副深沉而又浑厚有力的嗓音.