单词 | manner |
释义 | man·ner I. 1. a. < what manner of man is he > < what manner of train had borne him homeward — Ben Riker > b. < observed all manner of important people — Oscar Handlin > < picked up all manner of more or less useful information — J.B.Benefield > c. obsolete < the manner of their work and weary pain — Edmund Spenser > 2. a. (1) < stopped to speak, after the manner of the country — Ellen Glasgow > < spoke to all the children, as was his manner > (2) < the manner of entering the water … is important — John Tassos > < responded in a lively manner > < the manner in which traits are transmitted > < in a haphazard and very far from complete manner — R.W.Steel > (3) < examples of several earlier manners — Times Literary Supplement > < offers plenty of room for many jazz manners — Wilder Hobson > (4) < a group of pictures done in his early manner > (5) < style belongs to the age, his manner to the poet — J.P.Bishop > < manner has been replaced by style — R.B.West > < a manner of her own — Henry Reed b.1914 > b. (1) manners plural, archaic (2) manners plural < the brutal manners of an age given to bear-baiting and similar amusements > < the novel is a study in the manners of a class > specifically < the licentious manners of a corrupt society > (3) manners plural, archaic c. (1) < had … manner as distinct from manners — a certain poise, genial but always extremely self-possessed — Joyce Cary > (2) manners plural < never guilty of bad manners > < watch your manners > (3) manners plural < it wouldn't have been manners — Ruth Park > (4) of an animal < the dog pointed with excellent manners > (5) manners plural, archaic < made their manners to the squire — S.H.Adams > (6) < taught to acquire a manner suitable to her station > Synonyms: see method • - by any manner of means - in a manner - to the manner born II. variant of mainour |
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