mannish
英['m?n??]
美['m?n??]
- adj. 成人似的；像男子的
中文詞源
mannish 女子男性化的
來自man,男人，-ish,形容詞后綴。即像個男人的，后用于形容女子男性化的。比較virago.
英文詞源
- mannish (adj.)
- Old English mennisc "human, human-like, natural," from Proto-Germanic *manniska- (cognates: Old Saxon mannisc, Old High German mennisc, Gothic mannisks), from *manna- (see man (n.)). In some cases a new formation from man (n.) + -ish.
Sense of "masculine" is from late 14c.; in reference to women seen as masculine, from late 14c. Of adult males (opposed to childish) from 1520s. Related: Mannishly; mannishness. The Proto-Germanic adjective became, in some languages, a noun meaning "human" (such as German Mensch), and in Old English mannish also was used as a noun "mankind, folk, race, people."
雙語例句
- 1. She shook hands in a mannish way, her grip dry and firm.
- 她像個男人似的握了手，堅實而又有力。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her voice was mannish.
- 她的嗓音有些像男人.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. " Now, don't forget about that,'said one of the mannish women.
- “ 喂, 別忘記那件事, "那兩個像男人的女人中的一個說.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
- 4. The girls usually got rough and mannish after they went to herding.
- 到野外去放牧的姑娘通常都變得粗里粗氣,象個男子漢.
來自辭典例句
- 5. What a mannish way to stitch on a button!
- 縫個鈕扣笨拙得象男人.
來自辭典例句