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the man

/man/US // mæn //UK // (mæn) //

该男子,那个人,该名男子,那个男人

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n.名词 noun
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    plural men [men]. /mɛn/.

    • : an adult male person. Compare woman, boy.
    • : a member of the species Homo sapiens or all the members of this species collectively, without regard to sex: prehistoric man.
    • : the human individual as representing the species, without reference to sex; the human race; humankind: Man hopes for peace, but prepares for war.
    • : a human being; person: to give a man a chance; When the audience smelled the smoke, it was every man for himself.
    • : a husband: I now pronounce you man and wife.
    • : a male lover or sweetheart.
    • : a male follower or subordinate: the king's men; He's the boss's number one man.
    • : a male employee or representative, especially of a company or agency: a Secret Service man; a man from the utility company.
    • : a male having qualities considered typical of men or appropriately masculine: Be a man. The army will make a man of you.
    • : a male servant.
    • : a valet: He asked his man to prepare a valise for the weekend.
    • : enlisted man.
    • : an enthusiast or devotee: I like jazz, but I'm essentially a classics man.
    • : Slang. a male friend or ally: You're my main man.
    • : a term of familiar address to a man; fellow: Now, now, my good man, please calm down.
    • : Slang. a term of familiar address to a man or a woman: Hey, man, how's it going?
    • : one of the figures, disks, etc., used in playing certain games, as chess or checkers: You can move your men each turn diagonally forward, to the left or to the right.
    • : the man or the Man ,Slang. a person or group asserting authority or power over another, especially in a manner experienced as being oppressive, demeaning, or threatening, as the government, an employer, or the police.a privileged racial group, especially when exerting a dominating social, cultural, or economic influence.Sometimes da man .a person of impressive accomplishment; one who excels.a drug dealer.
    • : Obsolete. manly character or courage.
    • : History/Historical. a liegeman; vassal.
v.有主动词 verb
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    manned, man·ning.

    • : to furnish with people, as for service or defense: to man the ship.
    • : to take one's place at, as for service: to man the ramparts;to man the phones.
    • : to strengthen, fortify, or brace; steel: to man oneself for the dangers ahead.
    • : Falconry. to accustom to the presence of people.
interj.感叹词 interjection
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    • : Slang. an expression of surprise, enthusiasm, dismay, or other strong feeling: Man, what a ball game!
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    • : man up, Informal. to act in a typically masculine way, as in taking responsibility or making tough decisions: He should man up and meet the challenge.

Phrases

  • man about town
  • man in the street
  • man of few words
  • man of his word
  • man of the moment
  • man of the world
  • many a
  • many hands make light work
  • many happy returns
  • many is the
  • as one (man)
  • company man
  • dead soldier (man)
  • dirty joke (old man)
  • every man for himself
  • every man has his price
  • girl (man) Friday
  • hatchet man
  • hired hand (man)
  • ladies' man
  • low man on the totem pole
  • marked man
  • new person (man)
  • no man is an island
  • odd man out
  • (man) of few words
  • one man's meat is another man's poison
  • own man
  • right-hand man
  • see a man about a dog
  • to a man

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.

  • That man was Xavier Cortada, a gay man who wrote of his frustration that he and his partner of eight years were unable to marry.

  • It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.

  • But no more so than the Sodexo building maintenance man or the two cops who were also killed in the crossfire.

  • He looks like a man who should have had kids, but now never will.

  • Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.

  • The supernaturalist alleges that religion was revealed to man by God, and that the form of this revelation is a sacred book.

  • The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.

  • He remembered something—the cherished pose of being a man plunged fathoms-deep in business.

  • On the thirteenth of the same month they bound to the stake, in order to burn alive, a man who had two religious in his house.