单词 | male |
释义 | male (once / 153 pages) adjn A male is a guy, a dude, a boy, or a man. A male animal is not female. Male life forms are the opposite of females in many ways. The biggest way is that males can’t have babies. Male is a manly word. Rarr! You won’t find women on an all-male rugby team. If the doctor says, “It’s a boy,” you’ve got yourself a male baby. Males exist in plants and other animals — the male is the gamete-producing sex that fertilizes the female. Things can be male, too, like adapters that have male parts that fit into female parts. Most male animals are bigger than females, but not all. The biggest blue whales are female. WORD FAMILYmale: maleness, males USAGE EXAMPLESThough she said she would do whatever Trump wanted, she said she told male colleagues “there are limits” to a mother’s role. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Authorities who responded found two males lying in the road. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Rohingya activists said that police retaliated by detaining all males older than 8 for two days. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation a male infant a male holly tree Syn|Ant antheral, staminate capable of fertilizing female organs phallic, priapicresembling or being a phallus priapicoverly concerned with masculinity and male sexuality young-begettingcapable of fathering offspring masculineassociated with men and not with women female being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop androgynoushaving both male and female characteristics femalefor or pertaining to or composed of women or girls egg-producing, young-bearingcapable of producing eggs and bearing offspring pistillatehaving gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant bisexual, epicenehaving an ambiguous sexual identity gynandromorphic, gynandromorphoushaving both male and female morphological characteristics hermaphrodite, hermaphroditicof animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs intersexualhaving sexual characteristics intermediate between those of male and female pseudohermaphrodite, pseudohermaphroditichaving internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex unisexnot distinguished on the basis of sex feminineassociated with women and not with men 2adj characteristic of a man a deep male voice Syn manful, manlike, manly, virile masculine associated with men and not with women 3adj for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys the male lead the male population 4n an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) Ant|Hypo|Hyper female an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) sire male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse colta young male horse under the age of four male horsethe male of species Equus caballus bullock, steercastrated bull ridgel, ridgeling, ridgil, ridglinga colt with undescended testicles entire, stallionuncastrated adult male horse geldingcastrated male horse animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna a living organism characterized by voluntary movement 5n a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies Syn|Ant|Exp|Hypo|Hyper male person female, female person a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies Adam (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race Cain(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God Abel(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by Cain Seth(Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel Ham(Old Testament) son of Noah Japheth(Old Testament) son of Noah Shem(Old Testament) eldest son of Noah George Bryan BrummellEnglish dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840) Esau(Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage boy wonder an extremely talented young male person blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lada boy or man foster brother, foster-brotheryour foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents machoa male exhibiting or characterized by machismo boy, male childa youthful male person male offspring, man-childa child who is male adult male, manan adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) mana male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman manan adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent) mother's sona male person sirrahformerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger Black mana man who is Black white mana man who is White altar boya boy serving as an acolyte baboo, babuused as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' bachelor, unmarried mana man who has never been married ball boya boy who retrieves balls for tennis players bat boy(baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment bey(formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt boya friendly informal reference to a grown man cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boya male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) beau, boyfriend, fellow, swain, young mana man who is the lover of a girl or young woman ex-boyfrienda man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend Samson, bruiser, bull, strappera large and strong and heavyset man catamitea boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swella man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance doginformal term for a man Esq, Esquirea title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name castrate, eunucha man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction farm boya boy who has grown up on a farm father figure, father surrogatea man who takes over all the functions of the real father father-figurea man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically Fauntleroy, Little Lord Fauntleroyan excessively polite and well-dressed boy buster, dude, fellowan informal form of address for a man galoota disreputable or clumsy man geezera man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric gentlemana man of refinement divorced man, grass widowera man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife bozo, cat, guy, hombrean informal term for a youth or man Herra German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English Hooray Henrya lively and ineffectual upper-class young man housefathera man in charge of children in an institution hunka well-built sexually attractive man ex, ex-husbanda man who was formerly a certain woman's husband inamoratoa man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship iron man, ironmana strong man of exceptional physical endurance ironsidea man of great strength or bravery adonisany handsome young man middle-aged mana man who is roughly between 45 and 65 years old Monsieurused as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' old boy, old mana familiar term of address for a man Methuselah, graybeard, greybeard, old mana man who is very old paterfamilias, patriarchthe male head of family or tribe Peter Pana boyish or immature man; after the boy in Barrie's play who never grows up ploughboy, plowboya boy who leads the animals that draw a plow poncea man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses possemanan able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse schoolboya boy attending school Scouta Boy Scout or Girl Scout Senhora Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English `Mr' shaveran adult male who shaves shop boya young male shop assistant signior, signorused as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately signorean Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English `sir'; used separately (not prefixed to his name) sirterm of address for a man boy, sona male human offspring stiffan ordinary man he-man, macho-man, studa man who is virile and sexually active Tarzan(sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs) widower, widowmana man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried philanderer, womaniser, womanizera man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them golden boy, wonder boya man who is unusually successful at an early age young buck, young mana teenager or a young adult male individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being Male (once / 6563 pages) n WORD FAMILY Male: Males USAGE EXAMPLESMale sparrows retaliate when females are unfaithful by providing less food. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) Cruz relishes the chance to beat another fighter from the Team Alpha Male camp in Northern California. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Male inmates remain there until they are assigned to another prison facility for housing. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) n the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands Exp national capital the capital city of a nation |
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