| 单词 | neanderthal |
| 释义 | neanderthal (niændəʳtɑːl , -θɔːl ) Word forms: neanderthals 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Neanderthal people lived in Europe between 35,000 and 70,000 years ago. Neanderthal man was able to kill woolly mammoths and bears. ...the late Neanderthal age. You can refer to people from the Neanderthal period as Neanderthals. The Neanderthals were very robust. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe people's, especially men's, ideas or ways of behaving as Neanderthal, you disapprove of them because they are very old-fashioned and uncivilized. [disapproval] It is a peculiarity of modern sport that so many coaches persist in a Neanderthal approach. 3. countable noun If you call a man a neanderthal, you disapprove of him because you think he behaves in a very uncivilized way. [disapproval] In fact, many sympathized with me for having to put up with such a neanderthal of a boss. ...drunken neanderthals. |
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