mannish

• adj. 成人似的；像男子的

中文词源

来自man,男人，-ish,形容词后缀。即像个男人的，后用于形容女子男性化的。比较virago.

英文词源

mannish (adj.)

Old English mennisc "human, human-like, natural," from Proto-Germanic *manniska- (cognates: Old Saxon mannisc, Old High German mennisc, Gothic mannisks), from *manna- (see man (n.)). In some cases a new formation from man (n.) + -ish.

Sense of "masculine" is from late 14c.; in reference to women seen as masculine, from late 14c. Of adult males (opposed to childish) from 1520s. Related: Mannishly; mannishness. The Proto-Germanic adjective became, in some languages, a noun meaning "human" (such as German Mensch), and in Old English mannish also was used as a noun "mankind, folk, race, people."

双语例句

1. She shook hands in a mannish way, her grip dry and firm.

她像个男人似的握了手，坚实而又有力。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Her voice was mannish.

她的嗓音有些像男人.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. " Now, don't forget about that,'said one of the mannish women.

“ 喂, 别忘记那件事, "那两个像男人的女人中的一个说.

来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

4. The girls usually got rough and mannish after they went to herding.

到野外去放牧的姑娘通常都变得粗里粗气,象个男子汉.

来自辞典例句

5. What a mannish way to stitch on a button!

缝个钮扣笨拙得象男人.

来自辞典例句