单词 | mane |
释义 | mane (once / 1451 pages) n Use the noun mane when you talk about an animal's ruff of neck hair. A male lion's mane can be very fluffy and dramatic. A mane is a patch or growth of long hair, whether it's found on a lion or down the neck of a pony, or even on a human's head. You might stroke a horse's mane while sitting on its back, or you could compliment your friend on her beautiful mane of long blonde hair. The Old English root is manu, which comes from a Proto-Indo-European root, mon, which means "neck" or "nape of the neck." WORD FAMILYmane USAGE EXAMPLESMane’s joy was short-lived when he conceded the game’s second penalty by blocking Sebastian Larsson’s free kick with his arm. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) If his former England striker was, once again, Moyes’s saviour, Liverpool’s Sadio Mané discarded two points with a ludicrous handball. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The storm-lashed lion whose windblown mane looks like he used too much hair product. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck Hypo|Hyper encolure the mane of a horse hair a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss 2n growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being Syn|Hyper head of hair hair a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss |
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