strongman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A man who performs feats of strength, as in competitions or as an attraction in a circus.
    — Giovanni Battista Belzoni, the famous Egyptian archeologist, who was a man of gigantic stature, began his public career as a strongman at the Bartholomew Fair, under the management of Gyngell, the conjuror, who dubbed him The Young Hercules.
  2. A forceful or brutal person, usually a ruler or tyrant.
    — Kazakhstan’s explosion into unrest this week presents a stark warning to the strongman autocrats of the world: Leaving office is perilous. Since the Cold War’s end, a staggering 70 percent of governments headed by strongmen collapsed after the ruler departed, according to one data set.

词形变化

strongmen plural

词汇关系

衍生词
strongman game
相关词
strongwoman

词源

Etymology tree
English strong
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English strongman
From strong + -man.
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