masculine

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mas·cu·line /ˈmæskjəlɪn/ adjectiveadj

1 MANhaving qualities considered to be typical of men or of what men do 属于男性的；男人做的；男子气概的 OPP feminine

They’re nice curtains, but I’d prefer something a little more masculine.

这些窗帘很好，但我更喜欢男性化一点的。

She has a very masculine voice.

她的嗓音非常男性化。

Hunting was a typically masculine occupation.

打猎是典型的男性消遣活动。

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2 SLGin some languages, a masculine noun, pronoun etc belongs to a class of words that have different inflections from feminine or neuter words 〔某些语言中的名词、代词等〕阳性的

The word for ‘book’ is masculine in French.

“书”这个词在法语里是阳性的。

Examples from the Corpus

masculine• Violence is an extreme form of traditionally masculine behaviour.• Feminist campaigns around the state effectively unmasked the unofficial masculine culture of politicians, experts and administrators.• Language is masculine: It operates according to a masculine economy of representation.• I heard from Bridget there's some kind of row going on about masculine endings.• The quadrature that Lacan describes is that of masculine identity.• You may be wondering why I called the various machines by masculine names.• There was an aura of masculine occupation - neat, but unmistakably masculine.• He wanted to say he was sorry but his masculine pride wouldn't let him.• Even today, men tend to do such masculine tasks as car maintenance and yard work.

Origin masculine

(1300-1400) French Latin masculinus, from masculus “male”, from mas “male”

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