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man1 /mæn/ ●●● S1 W1 noun (plural men /men/)  
1  male person 男人 [countableC]MAN an adult male human 成年男子，男人 → woman
 There were two men and a woman in the car.
车上有两男一女。
 He’s a very kind man.
他是个非常和蔼的人。
 a man’s watch
男式手表
 Don’t keep Hansen waiting – he’s a busy man.
别让汉森老等着——他可是个大忙人。
2  strong/brave 强壮的/勇敢的 [countableC usually singular]MAN a man who has the qualities that people think a man should have, such as being brave, strong etc 男子汉，大丈夫
 Come on, be a man now. No more crying.
好了，做个男子汉，不要再哭了。
 He wasn’t man enough (=strong or brave enough) to face up to his responsibilities.
他没有足够的男子气概去面对自己的责任。
make a man (out) of somebody (=make a boy or young man start behaving in a confident way) 使某人成为一个男人
 Running his own business has really made a man out of Terry.
自己经营企业把特里锻炼成了真正的男子汉。
3  person 人 [countableC]PERSON/PEOPLE a person, either male or female – used especially in formal situations or in the past 人〔尤用于正式场合或过去〕
 All men are equal in the eyes of the law.
法律面前人人平等。
 a man’s right to work
一个人工作的权利
4  people 人们 [uncountableU]GROUP OF PEOPLE people as a group 人类
 This is one of the worst diseases known to man.
这是人类已知最严重的疾病之一。
 the evolution of man
人类的进化
prehistoric/Stone Age/modern man (=people who lived at a particular stage of human development) 史前人/石器时代的人/现代人
5  worker 工人WORKER
a) [countableC usually plural] a man who works for an employer 男雇员
 Why were there no protests from the men at the factory?
为什么工厂里的男雇员没有抗议呢？
b) BO[countableC] a man who does a job for you, especially repairing something 提供服务的工人；修理工
 Has the man been to fix the TV?
修理工来修过电视机了吗？
gas man/rent man etc
 I waited all day for the gas man.
我一整天都在等修煤气的工人。
c) the man from something a man who works for a particular company or organization 为某个公司[组织]工作的人
 Was that the man from the PR agency?
那个是公关公司的人吗？
6  particular kind of man 特定类别的人 [countableC]
a) MANa man who comes from a particular place, does a particular kind of work, or is connected with a particular organization, especially a university or company 〔来自某个地方，从事某种工作，或与大学、公司等机构有联系的〕人
 I think she married a Belfast man.
我想她嫁给了一个贝尔法斯特人。
 I’ve been a military man all my life.
我一辈子都是个军人。
 Even a Harvard man has a lot to learn about politics.
即使一个哈佛大学出来的人在政治方面也有很多要学的。
b) LIKE somebody OR somethinga man who likes, or likes doing, a particular thing 喜欢某物[做某事]的人
 I’m more of a jazz man myself.
我本人更喜欢爵士乐。
 Are you a betting man?
你喜欢赌博吗？
n7. → man!
8  soldier 士兵 [countableC usually plural]PM a soldier or sailor who is under the authority of an officer 〔某个军官手下的〕士兵
9  husband 丈夫 [countableC] informalSSF a woman’s husband or boyfriend 男人〔指某女子的丈夫或男友〕
10  the man spoken
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The Man• It was a terrible place, he said. The men were dying like flies, of fever.• The man is funny. The man works hard.• The black hot suffocated. The men worked steadily on, taking long breaks at the height of the day.• We... arranged the violets in our caps. The men in the rank laughed at our proceedings..• Primo and his friends all signed the petition. The man behind the table gave a speech.• He sees the younger man's gun trained on him. The man wears rubber gloves.
11  somebody’s your man spokenBEST used to say that a particular man is the best person for a job, situation etc 某人最合适
12. you da man!  you’re the man! American EnglishAmE spoken used to praise someone for having done something well 真不赖！好家伙！〔用于称赞某人某事干得好〕
13  our man spokenGUILTY used by the police to refer to a man that they are watching or trying to find, especially because they think he is responsible for a crime 我们的目标〔警察用语，指正在监视或寻找的犯罪嫌疑人〕
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our man• She asked if there were no more warriors among our men.• As our men did not wish to write-off two company cars, the youth escaped.• We hide behind our men, peeping at each other in a curious and suspicious fashion.• The fire was the most terrible enemy our men met that day.• After an hour our man was still bludgeoning away.• In our scheme, we do not ask for the initiative of our men.• One of our men spotted a freshly dug fighting position.
14  our man in/at something REPRESENTATIVEa man who is the representative of a country or organization in a particular place 〔某组织或某国家〕在某地的代表
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our man in/at something• Still there was no demoralization of our men in line.• Soon, reports our man in the black wellies, all he had left were four golden orfe and a koi.• He slaughtered our men in forty minutes.
15. men in (grey) suits informal the men who control businesses, organizations etc, considered as a group, especially when you think they are boring 穿得一本正经的大人物们，头头们〔指掌控企业、机构等的人，尤用于你认为他们很乏味时〕
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men in (grey) suits• For the rest, we saw only tyrants, technology and men in suits.• Then, at lunchtime, Mrs Thatcher met a group of the so-called men in grey suits.• And so did the other half-dozen men in suits standing around, fingering the silky negligees.• An underground company that isn't dominated by the grey men in suits.• Looking out, she saw men in suits getting into the medium-sized cars.• Nor was she forced out by the men in grey suits - though intrigue played a major role.• When he asked for Hugh Sixsmith at the desk, two men in suits climbed quickly from their chairs.• Armies of worried men in suits stormed off the Lexington Avenue subway line and marched down the crooked pavements.
16  a man of his word TRUSTa man you can trust, who will do what he has promised to do 守信用的人，靠得住的人
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a man of his word• He was, as much as was possible in a world where the buck was almighty, a man of his word.• But Dan is a man of his word.• He was a man of his word, and I had great respect for his intellect.• Crazy Horse was a man of his word and was furious at the duplicity of the white man...
17  a man of few words TALK TO somebodya man who does not talk very much 沉默寡言的人
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a man of few words• He had a clear scientific mind but was self-effacing, modest, and a man of few words.• I am therefore a man of few words and I have been very brief throughout my professional career.• Blitherdick, usually a man of few words, had become lachrymose about Blenkinsop's enjoyment of a good wine.• He was a man of few words except when he mounted the stage to recite his poetry.• He was a man of few words but many graphic gestures.• He was a man of few words in any case, Maggie noted.• Bill Templeman was a man of few words.
18  be your own man INDEPENDENT PERSONto behave and think independently without worrying about what other people think 自己做主，独立自主
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be your own man• At the same time, both here and in Hawksmoor, Ackroyd, too, is his own man.• But Erlich was his own man.• He turned out to be his own man, and a leader.• He was his own man, after all.• Major's first chance to show that he is his own man has been squandered on favours.• The latest reshuffle, immediately following victory, was supposed to confirm, once and for all, that Major was his own man.• You can be your own man.• Mobile I was my own man and played the way I believed because we lacked talent in certain areas.• Do you want to be your own man and run your own business?
19  the man of the moment/hour/year a man who has recently done something important 当时的/当年的重要人物
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the man of the moment/hour/year• Back in 1831 the man of the moment was one Squire George Osbaldeston.• You ought to be the man of the hour.• That's what makes Bush the man of the hour, for these are indisputably good times.• Except for one player, the man of the moment in the Kingdome.• Sean Bean's the man of the moment.• Miltiades was the man of the hour, and his advice was to strike at once and win back the Cyclades.
20  it’s every man for himself spokenINDEPENDENT PERSON used to say that people will not help each other 自顾自，不愿互相帮忙
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it’s every man for himself• In journalism it's every man for himself.
21  the man in the street  (also the man on the Clapham omnibus British EnglishBrE old-fashioned)ORDINARY the average man or the average person 老百姓，普通人，常人 SYN Joe Bloggs/Schmo
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the man in the street• But the man in the street will say: how can it get worse?• For the man in the street, sueing for libel can be an expensive business.• The noise of thunder rolls across the city, pressing down and leaving the man in the street angered and on edge.• Then comes the whip, the sudden vicious reminder of the man in the street.• That's what the man in the street wants.• The Alliance Party had a slightly Roman Catholic image with the man in the street.• One of the men in the street ran to open the door, then another man pushed him.
22  a man of the people ORDINARYa man who understands and expresses the views and opinions of ordinary people 了解民意的人，民众的代言人
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a man of the people• Supporters viewed him as a man of the people.• Joey, a legend among motor-cycling fans in Ulster, has always been a man of the people.• The Conservatives want to demonstrate that the Prime Minister is a man of the people.• He truly is a man of the people.• Just a man of the people, trying to make a dollar.• Springsteen is still a man of the people.
23  a man’s man MANa man who enjoys being with other men and doing sports and activities with them, and is popular with men rather than women 〔喜欢与其他男人在一起，参加运动或各种活动的〕受男人欢迎的男人
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a man’s man• He looks offended when I tell him he is perceived as a man's man.• He was a Vietnam veteran, a man's man who liked to hunt and ride his motorcycle.
24  a ladies’ man POPULARa man who is popular with women and who likes to go out with a lot of different women 〔喜欢在女人中间厮混的〕受女人欢迎的男人
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a ladies’ man• He is a ladies' man, causing Rosita to fall in love with him and even suggesting marriage with him.• There was no amorous intent about it, because Matt had assured her that Silas was not a ladies' man.• Old Henry Claar-my grandfather-in-law-was a ladies' man.
25  man and boy British EnglishBrELONG TIME if a man has done something man and boy, he has done it all his life 一辈子，从小到大
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man and boy• On 25 May, 1812, the Felling pit in Durham exploded, killing 92 men and boys.• That was fine when manpower was cheap and farming was labour intensive, when families worked in the fields man and boy.• In the first scene he showed how men and boys prepared for combat and self-defence.• Dozens of men and boys take turns trading shots with him.• The twenty-six men and boys were martyred.• The men and boys were lined up and marched off in one direction, and women and children in another.• It seemed incredible; what would the Axis want with a bunch of small-town men and boys led by a band conductor?• These barbarians are young men and boys, in their teens and early twenties.
26  man and wife MARRYif a man and a woman are man and wife, they are married 夫妻，夫妇
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man and wife• Terry and Meena aren't married but they live together as man and wife.• But they were as man and wife.• As man and wife, we will be one flesh.• It was thought preferable for the schoolmaster and schoolmistress to be man and wife.• Binyomin and Tsila had not only kissed but were on the verge of becoming man and wife in earnest.• One such dispute was settled by Marie with a verdict apparently asserting that true love can not exist between man and wife.• Both are considered totally private affairs, the secret of which is often not even shared between man and wife.• The man and wife arrested with him have been bailed but probably face further questioning about suspected harbouring of an escaped prisoner.• Mom burst into tears as the minister pronounced us man and wife.• The victims were man and wife.
27. live as man and wife MARRYif a man and a woman live as man and wife, they live together as if they are married, although they are not 〔未婚男女〕像夫妻般生活，同居
28  as one man writtenWITH if a group of people do something as one man, they do it together 一致；全体
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as one man• The... whole North arose as one man...• The crowd rise to their feet as one man.• Undaunted, Athletico played as one man.
29  to a man/to the last man written used to say that all the men in a group do something or have a particular quality 所有人；无一例外地
30  man-about-town MANa rich man who goes out a lot to parties, clubs, theatres etc 活跃于社交场的男子，纵情享乐的富有男士
31  man of God/man of the cloth RRa priest 神职人员；牧师，神父
32  my (good) man British EnglishBrE old-fashioned spokenMAN used when talking to someone of a lower social class – do not use this phrase 老兄，老弟〔对社会阶层较低的人说话时的用语；勿用此短语〕
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my (good) man• But my man fires his gun.• I called my men to drive them back.• I heard my men going after him with their guns - and then everything went black.• But was it necessary to kill my men in cold blood?• As for fitzAlan ... did you think killing three of my men would go unnoticed?• I decided like a good captain to remain with my men.• Hey Timmy, how are you, my man?
33  my man spokenMAN used by some men to greet a friend 朋友〔某些男子向朋友打招呼的用语〕
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my man• But my man fires his gun.• I heard my men going after him with their guns - and then everything went black.• But was it necessary to kill my men in cold blood?• Six of my men were killed in one spot near me.• You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours.• Hum-m-m, I just lo-o-ve my men in uniform.• I decided like a good captain to remain with my men.• Hey Timmy, how are you, my man?
34  your/yer man spokenMAN used to talk about a particular man – used mainly in Ireland 那个人〔指某一特定的人；主要用于爱尔兰〕
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your/yer man• Then I am your man, Watson.• Boss your men and shame your women; that was a rule of thumb with him.• Ged Taggart scored for Barnsley Taylor told: Wright is your man!• It sounds like your man Dario was up there too, cool-wise, I mean.• I've read the files on your men.• Perhaps your men have uncovered something.• Reinforce this so your man won't feel pressure to become aroused.• In that way you got paid whether your man was elected or not.
35  servant 仆人 [countableC] old-fashionedBO a male servant 男仆
36. game 游戏 [countableC]DGB one of the pieces you use in a game such as chess 〔国际象棋等的〕棋子
37  every man jack old-fashionedPERSON/PEOPLE each person in a group 〔某一群体中的〕每一个人
38  kick/hit a man when he’s down CRUELto treat someone badly when you know that they already have problems 对某人落井下石
39. man’s best friend HBAa dog 人类最好的朋友〔指狗〕
40  the man of the house the most important male member of a family, who is responsible for doing things such as paying bills, making important decisions etc 男主人，一家之主
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the man of the house• But even when the man of the house was around, she was head of the household and determined all our fortunes.
→ best man, man-to-man, New Man, old man, → be a man/woman of the world at world1(21)
 THESAURUS
man an adult male human 成年男子，男人
a young man
年轻男子
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest.
埃德蒙•希拉里爵士是第一位登上珠穆朗玛峰的人。
guy (also bloke/chap British EnglishBrE) informal a man 男人，家伙
She’d arranged to meet a guy in the bar.
她约好和一个男人在酒吧见面。
Alex is a really nice bloke.
亚历克斯这家伙真不错。
gentleman formal a man – used as a very polite way of talking about a man 先生〔指某男子,是非常礼貌的说法〕
an elderly gentleman
一位老先生
Please could you serve this gentleman?
请你接待一下这位先生好吗？
boy a young male person, usually a child or a teenager 男孩；少年
a teenage boy
一个十几岁的男孩
lad old-fashioned informal a boy or young man 男孩；男青年,小伙子
When I was a young lad, I wanted to join the army.
我年轻时想参军。
youth a teenage boy or young man – used especially in news reports to show disapproval 青少年；青年〔尤用于新闻报道，含贬义〕
Gangs of youths roam the streets.
小混混们成群结伙地在街头游荡。
male formal a man – used especially by the police or in science and research contexts. The adjective male is much more common than the noun 男人，男子〔尤为警方使用或用于科学研究语境中；形容词male要比名词常用得多〕
We are investigating the death of an unidentified male.
我们正在调查一名身份不明男子的死亡事件。
The condition is usually found only in males.
该病通常仅见于男性。
ndude American EnglishAmE informal a man – a very informal use
You could tell there was something creepy going on with that dude.
relating to men 与男性有关的
male adjectiveadj a male teacher, singer etc is a man. Male jobs are the kind of jobs that men typically do 男的；〔工作〕男性专属的
Most science teachers are male.
大多数理科老师都是男性。
a male nurse
男护士
We are trying to recruit more women to do traditionally male jobs such as engineering.
我们正在设法招聘更多女性来从事工程设计等传统上由男性主宰的工作。
masculine considered to be more typical of a man than of a woman 男人的；男子气概的
He had a very masculine face.
他的脸长得很阳刚。
masculine aggression
男人的好斗性
manly having the qualities that people expect and admire in a man, such as being brave and strong 有男子气概的；勇敢而强壮的
He took off his shirt, revealing his manly chest.
他脱去衬衫，露出强壮的胸膛。
It isn’t considered manly to cry.
男儿有泪不轻弹。
nIn the portrait, the King looked manly and in control.
nHe was bronzed and athletic, with manly features and a steady gaze.
macho behaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example by being strong and tough and not showing your feelings – used especially either humorously or to show disapproval 富有男子汉气概的；大男人的〔含幽默或贬损意味〕
nOn the outside he may seem to be very macho but inside he’s very sensitive.
Stallone always plays macho men.
史泰龙总是扮演硬汉。
He’s far too macho to drink mineral water.
他一个大男人，怎么能喝矿泉水。
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man• In an effort to prove his manhood he had taken to stealing cars and drinking alcohol.• Any other soldier would have told him to pull himself together and be a man.• You wouldn't understand how she feels -- you're a man!• I was getting ready to leave when a man opened the door.• You never see Fuller Brush men any more.• Prescriptions for men cost more than for women aged between 25 and 84 years.• If I were a gambling man, I'd put money on the Saints.• The gas man came by to read the meter.• Hey, what's happening, man?• If men alone had the vote, President Bob Dole would now be running for re-election.• Tania was at the party with her new man.• The Dutch reclamation of their land is a classic case of man's struggle against nature.• The grandeur of the mountains is a constant reminder of man's insignificance.• He's a meat-and-potatoes man.• A real man wouldn't be scared of commitment.• He had a very successful business and died a rich man.• When I arrived at the shelter, I found the right man.• It was a tall man with an aquiline nose and thick dark hair.• Ask the men to meet here at 11:00 for a briefing.• Many of the men said they would vote for the strike.• There the man held Sammler against the wall with his forearm.• They want to know, Who is this man?• Jericho is the oldest continuously inhabited city known to man.• Two men so different in appearance and manner, yet both prepared to sacrifice her feelings on the altar of their ambition.• Bush was a Yale man.• Are you man enough to admit that you've been lying?
make a man (out) of somebody• But there was one thing about it - it made men of us.• You think it makes a man of you, holding a gun.• Micky Hazard was made man of the match.• Jim Magilton was made man of the match but for many United fans new keeper Phil Whitehead was the real hero.• Garth agrees to take him on, telling his wife that he will make a man of him.
prehistoric/Stone Age/modern man• But it feels that the modern men have expanded comics, made them somehow more artistic.• During those sixty seconds of biological time, Modern Man has made a rubbish tip of Paradise.• One can write about the past, but from the point of view of a modern man.• The only sign of modern man from horizon to horizon is the road we followed in.• The private sphere becomes the natural home of modern man.• Some sites are astronomical calendars, others lunar observatories, showing the scientific abilities of prehistoric man.• Fire, then, may well have been the first enshrined divinity of prehistoric man.• But unlike prehistoric man, you have far fewer ways to release the energy produced by the stress response.
man!
1 spoken
a) MANused when speaking to an adult male, especially when you are excited, angry etc 老兄！老弟！〔用于称呼成年男子，尤在说话人激动、生气等时使用〕
 Stop talking nonsense, man!
别胡说八道了，老兄！
b) MANused when speaking to someone, especially an adult male 老兄！老弟！〔尤用于称呼成年男子〕
 You look great, man!
你气色很好，老兄！
man2 ●○○ verb (manned, manning) [transitiveT]  
1 CONTROLto work at, use, or operate a system, piece of equipment etc 在〔某系统、设备等上〕工作；使用，操纵〔某系统、设备等〕
n2 man up phrasal verbphr v informal if a man mans up, he makes an effort to behave bravely
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man• In the early morning of May 18, police manning barricades were replaced by army paratroopers who opened fire with machine guns.• The booths are manned by customs officials.• On the Bulevard Republicii there are a number of road- blocks, formerly manned by militias and now by troops.• It's no wonder the counter isn't manned half the time.
man3 interjection especially American EnglishAmE  
1 EMPHASIZEused to emphasize what you are saying, especially when you are angry, surprised, disappointed etc 喂，嘿，啊呀〔用于强调正在说的话，尤在生气、吃惊、失望等时使用〕
 Man, that was a lucky escape!
哎呀，那真是死里逃生啊！
 Oh, man! I can hear the bullets.
哎呀！我听到了子弹声。
Examples from the Corpus
man• Man, your refrigerator makes a lot of noise.
From Longman Business Dictionary
manman /mæn/ verb (manned, manning) [transitiveT]
if a person or group mans a vehicle, place, or system, they work there or operate the system
He has opened an office manned by two of his sons.
Can you man the phones (=answer any telephone calls) for an hour?
Origin man1
Old English
man1 noun
→10-19
→20-29
→30-40

→THESAURUS1man!man2 verbman3 interjection
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See also: Isle of Man, the

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