| 单词 | man |
| 释义 | Word Frequency man(mæn) nounWord forms: plural men (mɛn) 1. an adult male human being, as distinguished from a woman 2. (modifier) male or masculine a man child 3. archaic a human being regardless of sex or age, considered as a representative of humankind; a person 4. (sometimes capital) human beings collectively; humankind the development of man 5. Also called: modern man a. a member of any of the living races of Homo sapiens, characterized by erect bipedal posture, a highly developed brain, and powers of articulate speech, abstract reasoning, and imagination b. any extinct member of the species Homo sapiens, such as Cro-Magnon man 6. a member of any of the extinct species of the genus Homo, such as Java man, Heidelberg man, and Solo man 7. an adult male human being with qualities associated with the male, such as courage or virility be a man 8. manly qualities or virtues the man in him was outraged 9. a. a subordinate, servant, or employee contrasted with an employer or manager b. (in combination) the number of man-days required to complete a job 10. (usually plural) a member of the armed forces who does not hold commissioned, warrant, or noncommissioned rank (as in the phrase officers and men) 11. a member of a group, team, etc 12. a husband, boyfriend, etc man and wife 13. an expression used parenthetically to indicate an informal relationship between speaker and hearer 14. a movable piece in various games, such as draughts 15. South Africa slang any person: used as a term of address 16. a vassal of a feudal lord 17. as one man 18. be one's own man 19. he's your man 20. man and boy 21. sort out the men from the boys 22. to a man exclamation 23. informal an exclamation or expletive, often indicating surprise or pleasure verbWord forms: mans, manning or manned (transitive) ▶ USAGE The use of man and mankind to mean human beings in general is often considered sexist. Gender-neutral alternativesinclude human beings, people and humankind. The verb to man can also often be replaced by to staff, to operate and related words. Gender-neutral alternatives to manpower include personnel and staff. 24. to provide with sufficient people for operation, defence, etc to man the phones 25. to take one's place at or near in readiness for action 26. falconry to induce (a hawk or falcon) to endure the presence of and handling by humans, esp strangers Derived forms manless (ˈmanless) adjective Word origin Old English mann; related to Old Frisian man, Old High German man, Dutch man, Icelandic mathrWord Frequency Man 1(mæn) noun the Man (sometimes not capital) US 1. Black slang a White man or White men collectively, esp when in authority, in the police, or heldin contempt 2. slang a drug peddler Word Frequency Man 2(mæn) noun Isle of Man Word Frequency -mancombining form in countable noun ▶ USAGE The use of words ending in -man is avoided as implying a male in job advertisements, where sexual discriminationis illegal, and in many other contexts where a term that is not gender-specific isavailable, such as salesperson, barperson, camera operatorindicating a person who has a role, works in a place, or operates equipment as specified salesman barman cameraman |
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