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being a man or boy 男性： 是男人还是男孩a male friend/colleague/partner 男性朋友/同事/伴侣 a male nurse/model/dancer 男护士/模特/舞蹈演员 All the attackers were male, aged between 25 and 30. 所有的袭击者都是男性，年龄在 25 到 30 岁之间。 The workforce is predominantly male. 劳动力中男性占绝大多数。 There are three lead male characters in the film. 影片中有三个男主角。 Female students asked more questions than their male counterparts. 女同学问的问题比男同学多。
Homophones mail | malemail male- mail noun
I think the card got lost in the mail. 我想卡片在邮寄中丢失了。
- mail verb
I'll mail you a formal invitation. 我会给你发一封正式的邀请函。
- male adjective
The male characters in the book are all well drawn. 书中的男性角色都画得很好。
- male noun
The strongest male will become the leader of the pack. 最强壮的男性将成为群体的领导者。
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societya2Nate Parker was the romantic male lead in the film. 内特·派克是这部电影中浪漫的男主角。 His only male role model is his school soccer coach, Ben. 他唯一的男性榜样是他的学校足球教练本。 About 40 per cent of the city's male population smoke. 该市约40%的男性吸烟。 a decrease in the ratio of male to female babies 男女婴儿比例的下降
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belonging to the sex that does not lay eggs or give birth to babies 男性的；雄性的；男的 a male bird 雄鸟 male hormones/fertility/sexuality 男性荷尔蒙/生育能力/性欲
Extra ExamplesTopics Biologya2a study on the difference between the male and female brain 男女大脑差异的研究 Beautiful male bodies abound in the visual art of the period. 美丽的男性身体在那个时期的视觉艺术中比比皆是。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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of men; typical of men; affecting men 男： 男；典型的男人 影响男人male attitudes to women 男人对女人的看法 traditionally male interests 历来属于男人的爱好 The club is an exclusively male preserve. 该俱乐部只对男性开放。 - (British English)
a male voice choir 男声合唱队
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societya2Indigenous male life expectancy is 69 years. 土著男性预期寿命为69岁。 I had grown up in a very male environment. 我在非常男性化的环境中长大。 That was a very male way of dealing with things. 那是非常男性化的处事方式。 an essentially male Western view of progress 实质上是西方男性的发展观
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biology 生物 producing pollen 雄性的 Live oaks produce male flowers called catkins. 活橡树会开出叫做柳絮的雄花。 Pollen has not been investigated, as male flowers were not available. 花粉尚未调查，因为没有雄花。
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(of electrical plugs, parts of tools, etc. 电器插头、工具部件等 having a part that sticks out that is designed to fit into a hole, socket, etc. 阳的；凸形的 male connectors/adapters 阳连接器/适配器 A male connector and a female connector plug into each other. 公连接器和母连接器相互插入。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French masle, from Latin masculus, from mas ‘a male’.