virile

/vir-uhl or, especially British, -ahyl/US // ˈvɪr əl or, especially British, -aɪl //UK // (ˈvɪraɪl) //

阳刚的,阳刚,阳刚之气,阳具

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a man; masculine; manly: virile strength.
- : having or exhibiting masculine energy, forcefulness, or strength in a marked degree.
- : characterized by a vigorous, masculine spirit: a virile literary style.
- : of, relating to, or capable of procreation.

adj.potent, powerful

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A living, doddering Lee was far less useful to the pitchfork crowd than a hanged, virile Lee would have been.
Did he believe this or was it the story—virile and unselfpitying, as suited the son of a miner—he chose to tell himself?
To travel with her, she tapped Charles Powell, also tall and virile but only 47, “a smoothy” she called him.
That so timid, so gentle a personality should conceal so virile a passion almost seemed to require explanation.
Frederick Bastien strongly resembled his mother, though his beauty was of a more pronounced and virile type.
Both authors seem to have been themselves inspired by their virile theme to give to it their best work.
The reader must not feel surprised at the virile heroism Carmela displayed under the present circumstances.
Then, as her fingers brushed the small white back, there surged up in her a sudden virile tenderness and comprehension.