mane

Word family adjectivemanedmanelessnounmane

Related topics: Animals

mane /meɪn/ noun [countableC] → main

HBAthe long hair on the back of a horse’s neck, or around the face and neck of a lion 〔马、狮颈上的〕鬃毛 →5 see picture at 见图 big cat, horse

2 literaryDC a person’s long thick hair 又长又密的头发

her mane of hair

她那一头浓密的长发

Examples from the Corpus

mane• Not with a mane and all.• There was nothing, in fact, plain about the old man with the craggy brows and mane of silver hair.• Some men are all thumbs trying to style their faux manes, Sampson says.• Behind the flying mane Elmer sits, leaning back, absolutely still.• Perhaps the most impressive beast of all, is the Current Trends Lion with a heavy duty bicycle chain for its mane.• She brushed her long hair into a shining mane and arranged it carefully around her shoulders.• The males stay behind, for their showy manes would only disturb the hunt whose technique is stealth.• Mrs Taxos spoke sharply and Meg scrambled all anyhow on to the warm fur back and gripped the springy mane.

Origin mane

Old English manu

单词	mane
释义	mane Word family adjectivemanedmanelessnounmane Related topics: Animals mane /meɪn/ noun [countableC] → main 1. HBAthe long hair on the back of a horse’s neck, or around the face and neck of a lion 〔马、狮颈上的〕鬃毛 →5 see picture at 见图 big cat, horse 2 literaryDC a person’s long thick hair 又长又密的头发 her mane of hair 她那一头浓密的长发 Examples from the Corpus mane• Not with a mane and all.• There was nothing, in fact, plain about the old man with the craggy brows and mane of silver hair.• Some men are all thumbs trying to style their faux manes, Sampson says.• Behind the flying mane Elmer sits, leaning back, absolutely still.• Perhaps the most impressive beast of all, is the Current Trends Lion with a heavy duty bicycle chain for its mane.• She brushed her long hair into a shining mane and arranged it carefully around her shoulders.• The males stay behind, for their showy manes would only disturb the hunt whose technique is stealth.• Mrs Taxos spoke sharply and Meg scrambled all anyhow on to the warm fur back and gripped the springy mane. Origin mane Old English manu
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