“man、woman”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

man-woman

释义

man-woman
a. A hermaphrodite.
b. nonce-use. One who combines the virtues of both sexes.
c. A mannish woman.
1587Golding De Mornay xxvi. 458 Concerning the creation of Man, the ægyptians say hee was created both Male and female. Herevpon Plato gathereth that he was a Man-woman or Herkinalson [Fr. Hermaphrodite].1736Fielding Pasquin ii. i, We shall see Fairbelly, the strange man-woman.1889Tennyson On one who affected an effeminate manner, But, friend, man-woman is not woman-man.1894Idler Sept. 194 That stage of progress has been passed, and, as an outcome, we have the ‘Emancipated Woman’, or ‘Man-Woman’.1920D. Lindsay Voy. Arcturus xviii. 240 ‘What do you call men-women?’ ‘Persons of mixed sex, like yourself.’1975P. G. Winslow Death of Angel iv. 109 The new man-woman, emerging from the chaos that is matter.
Hence man-womanly a., having the characteristics of both sexes.
1929V. Woolf Room of one's Own 148 It would be well to test what one meant by man-womanly.

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

相关内容：

“man-woman”的英文意思

“迎合无知听众的辩论”英文翻译

“远场”英文翻译

“manwell”的英文意思

“manward”的英文意思

“manu-tract”的英文意思

相关推荐