1(in the UK) a symbol of an illuminated green human figure at a pedestrian crossing, indicating that it is safe to cross the road.
（英国）绿人（指人行道道口上的绿色人形标志，表示行人可安全通过）
Example sentencesExamples
I've almost been run over by them god knows how many times, but if I only crossed the road when the green man flashes, I probably wouldn't have this problem.
I have needed to push my children out of the way of oncoming traffic when using this crossing, even when the lights are on red and the green man is on.
I nipped across the first part in a gap in the traffic, then waited for the green man.
Some people press the ‘please wait’ button at a pedestrian crossing but then cross before the green man gives them permission.
She always double-checks that the traffic has stopped, even if there is a green man.
2historical A man dressed up in greenery to represent a wild man of the woods or seasonal fertility.
〈史〉绿人（身披绿色植物代表林中野人或丰收季节）
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He is clearly a type of the green man, living on the margins, reminding us of our origins among the animals.
This nineteenth century green man holds out the prophetic possibility of restoration with nature, and in doing so reinforces our own sense of exile from it.
Jack in the Bush is an alternative name for a green man, the leaf-clad figure who appears in sculptures and is associated in European folklore with spring festivals.
2.1A carved image of a green man, often seen in medieval English churches as a human face with branches and foliage growing out of the mouth.
绿人雕像（常见于中世纪英格兰教堂中，形象为口中长出枝叶的人面）
Definition of green man in US English:
green man
nounɡriːnˈmæn
historical
1A man dressed up in greenery to represent a wild man of the woods or seasonal fertility.
〈史〉绿人（身披绿色植物代表林中野人或丰收季节）
Example sentencesExamples
This nineteenth century green man holds out the prophetic possibility of restoration with nature, and in doing so reinforces our own sense of exile from it.
Jack in the Bush is an alternative name for a green man, the leaf-clad figure who appears in sculptures and is associated in European folklore with spring festivals.
He is clearly a type of the green man, living on the margins, reminding us of our origins among the animals.
1.1A carved image of a green man, often seen in medieval English churches as a human face with branches and foliage growing out of the mouth.