manhood

pronunciation

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  • n.
    成年
    男子
    男子气概
    刚毅之气

Word Origin

manhood 成年

man,男人,-hood,名词后缀。比喻用法。

Example

1. Strong mothers give their sons a range of models for manhood .
坚强的妈妈可以给他们的儿子一些男子气概的榜样。
2. The academic feminists think their nerdy bookworm husbands are the ideal model of human manhood .
学术上的女权主义者认为他们的书呆子丈夫是人类男子气概的最理想模式。
3. Sandra has had her hair cut short and has begun to wear more masculine clothes as a way of reclaiming her lost manhood .
桑德拉已将头发剪短,并开始穿上更阳刚的服装,以此挽回她失去的男子气概。
4. In this remote fishing village , manhood means spending half of every year on a boat near alaska , winching up crab pots from the freezing depths of the bering sea .
在这座遥远的渔村,男子气概意昧着每年花超过半年的时间驾船游弋在阿拉斯加附近,从冰冷的白令海深处,用绞盘绞起虾笼。
5. Some pupils at catholic schools in lancashire recently received a sex-education pamphlet entitled " pure manhood : how to become the man god wants you to be " .
就读于兰开斯特郡一所天主教学校的学生最近就收到了一份性教育宣传册,题为“纯粹男子气概-怎样成为上帝期许的人”。

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