male

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /meɪl/    美 /meɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.; A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
    — For quotations using this term, see Citations:male.
  2. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.; An animal of the sex that has testes.
  3. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.; A plant of the masculine sex.
  4. A bacterium which has the F factor.
    — During mating, F+ male bacteria transfer the F factor to the recipient females, transforming them into F+ males. Males also retain a copy of their F factor for themselves (left). When Hfr (or high frequency recombination) males mate[…]
  5. A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
    — Work another rubber washer over the threads of the male adapter that is now sticking out of the bucket. […] cut out with an X-acto knife, then thread the female fittings to the males.
形容词 adj.
  1. Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. not-comparable,usually
    — male writers
  2. Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.) not-comparable,usually
    — stereotypically male interests
  3. Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex. not-comparable,usually
    — the male chromosome
  4. Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender. form-of,masculine,not-comparable,usually
    — The teacher's voice inflects the pulse of nêhiyawêwin as he teaches us. He says a prayer in the first class. Nouns, we learn, have a gender. In French, nouns are male or female, but in Cree, nouns are living or non-living, animate or inanimate.
  5. Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female). not-comparable,usually
    — Furthermore, male bacteria with fi + R factors, which inhibit the function of F (fi fertility inhibition) (Watanabe et al., 1964a), cannot form specific cell pairs at high frequencies. On the contrary, the formation of[…]
  6. Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware. figuratively,not-comparable,usually
    — Male adapter connects female pipe threads to polyethylene cold-water pipe; [...] female flare coupling connects male pipe threads to flared copper or plastic;

词形变化

maler comparative more male comparative malest superlative most male superlative males plural

词汇关系

近义词
manly mannish masculine pin
反义词
female
下位词
man boy
相关词
macho ♂ sex gender gender identity
并列词
female androgynous intersex non-binary female: see also masculine

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Latin mās
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -culus
Latin masculus
Vulgar Latin masclus
Old French maslebor.
Middle English male
English male
From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho. Displaced native Old English wǣpned (“male”, literally “weaponed”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Latin mās
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -culus
Latin masculus
Vulgar Latin masclus
Old French maslebor.
Middle English male
English male
From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho. Displaced native Old English wǣpned (“male”, literally “weaponed”).
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