1 ADJ 男人的;男性的 Someone who is male is a man or a boy. 男人的;男性的
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Many women achievers appear to pose a threat to their male colleagues.
许多事业有成的女性似乎对她们的男同事构成了一种威胁。
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The London City Ballet has engaged two male dancers from the Bolshoi.
伦敦市芭蕾舞团从波修瓦芭蕾舞团聘来了两名男舞蹈演员。
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Most of the demonstrators were white and male.
大多数示威者都是白人男子。
2 N-COUNT 男子;男性 Men and boys are sometimes referred to as males when they are being considered as a type. 男子;男性
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...the remains of a Caucasian male, aged 65-70.
65岁至70岁之间的白人男性的遗骸
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He was very anxious to prove he was a red-blooded male.
他急于证明自己是一名热血男儿。
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A high proportion of crime is perpetrated by young males in their teens and twenties.
很大一部分案件乃是十几岁的少年和二十多岁的青年男子所为。
3 ADJ [ADJ n] 男人的;男性的 Male means relating, belonging, or affecting men rather than women. 男人的;男性的
SYN masculine, manly, macho, virile
4 N-COUNT 雄性 You can refer to any creature that belongs to the sex that cannot lay eggs or have babies as a male . 雄性
Male is also an adjective.
5 ADJ [usually ADJ n] (植物)雄株的;(花卉)雄蕊的 A male flower or plant fertilizes the part that will become the fruit. (植物)雄株的;(花卉)雄蕊的
Quotations
The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things Jilly Cooper
A man is as old as he's feeling,
A woman as old as she looks Mortimer Collins The Unknown Quantity
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