having the qualities or appearance considered to be typical of men; connected with or like men 男子汉的;男人的;像男人的 He was handsome and strong, and very masculine. 他英俊强壮,富有男子汉气概。 That suit makes her look very masculine. 她穿那套衣服看起来很男性化。
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyc1She has a very masculine face. 她有着一张颇具阳刚之气的脸庞。 That's a typically masculine attitude! 这是一种典型的男人态度! We assume that stereotypically masculine traits are more suited to the military. 我们以为人们常说的男性特质更加适合军队。 More women are now entering traditionally masculine domains such as construction. 越来越多的女性正在进入传统的男性领域,如建筑业。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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grammar )语法 belonging to a class of words that refer to male people or animals and often have a special form Topics Languagec1阳性的 - (
grammar )语法 (in some languages )用于某些语言 belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns or adjectives that have masculine gender, not feminine or neuter Topics Languagec1阳性的
Word Originlate Middle English (in grammatical use): via Old French from Latin masculinus, from masculus ‘male’.