核心畫面
You can picture a grown male human being — one adult man standing there. Almost everything else stretches out from this single figure: from this one man to all the people who are 'man'(kind), to the qualities a man is expected to have, to the roles a man fills, to using 'man' just to call out to someone.
可以想成畫面中央站著一個成年的男性——就是一個「男人」。其他幾乎所有用法都從這一個人形向外延伸:從這一個男人,擴到全…更多收起
可以想成畫面中央站著一個成年的男性——就是一個「男人」。其他幾乎所有用法都從這一個人形向外延伸:從這一個男人,擴到全體「人」(人類)、擴到大家期待男人該有的特質、擴到男人擔任的各種角色,最後連單純喊一聲「喂,老兄」也是從這個人形借來的。原始詞典資料45 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Manname詞源 1
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The genus Homo.
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Humankind in general.
- The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
Manname詞源 2
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The Isle of Man; an island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea.
- And therefore the Bishop and clergy of Man were totally powerless to resist the alteration of doctrinal articles and rites of worship which Earls Edward and Henry, between 1521 and 1594, following the edicts of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Elizabeth, introduced into the Isle of Man.
Manname詞源 4
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A surname from Chinese.
Manname詞源 5
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A surname from Chinese.
Manname詞源 7
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A town in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.
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A city and department in the Ivory Coast.
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A village in Palghar district, Maharashtra, India.
Manname詞源 8
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A surname
mannoun詞源 1/ˈmæn/
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An adult male human.
- The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.
- The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.
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An adult male human.
- THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
- Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.
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An adult male human.
- When President Roosevelt goes walking in the country about Washington he is always accompanied by two Secret Service men.
- "And they're very good people, I assure you — he's a Harvard man." It was the first time Milly had met on intimate terms a graduate of a large university.
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An adult male human.
- He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house[…]
- I had the opportunity to marry one of them but wasn't mature enough to be a man and marry her and be close to the[…]children and raise them[…].
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An adult male human.
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datedformalA human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult.
- every man for himself
- […]a man cannot make him laugh.
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datedformalA human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult.
- How did God create man? God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.
- THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
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anthropologyarchaeologybiologyA member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
- The evidence suggests that close relatives of early man, in lineages that later became extinct, also were able to use tools.
另外 14 個記錄的用法
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A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- For God is holde a ryghtwys man.
- God's a good man.
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obsoleteManliness; the quality or state of being manly.
- Methought he bare himself in such a fashion, / So full of man, and sweetness in his carriage, /[…]
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A husband.
- I pronounce that they are man and wife.
- In the next place, every wife ought to answer for her man.
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A male lover; a boyfriend.
- Stay away from my man!
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Used as the last element of a compound.
- Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.
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Used as the last element of a compound.
- I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.
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A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- "She's the man for the job."
- Joanie volunteered, of course — if any dirty job is on offer requiring running, she's your man —
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historicalA vassal; a subject.
- Like master, like man.
- all the king's men
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A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
- The white men are always put on that side of the board which commences by row I, and the black men are placed opposite.
- […] a short analysis will undoubtedly convince the solver than the queen is the most likely man to make the keymove. The greatest difficulty undoubtedly will be in finding the second move continuations.
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video-gamesOne of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- Most machines are set to award you an extra man after 8000 points, and then after each additional 14.000 points.
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A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- Come on, man, we've got no time to lose!
- Eternal Life is now on my trail / Got my red glitter coffin, man, just need one last nail / While all these ugly gentlemen play out their foolish games / There's a flaming red horizon that screams our names / And as your fantasies are broken in two / Did you really think this bloody road would pave the way for you? / You better turn around and blow your kiss hello to life eternal, angel / Racist everyman, what have you done? / Man, you've made a killer of your unborn son / Crown my fear your king at the point of a gun / All I want to do is love everyone
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A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown.
- Near-synonyms: my man, bro, brother
- Hey, man, how's it goin'? I haven't seen you in months! [they know each other's name]
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hobbieslifestylesportsA player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- 2018 Dinny Navaratnam, Andrews will learn from experience: Fagan Brisbane Lions, 30 July 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018. "It was a brutal return to football for Brisbane Lions defender Harris Andrews as his man Tom Hawkins booted seven goals but Lions Coach Chris Fagan said the team's defensive faults, rather than the backman's, allowed the big Cat to dominate."
- The second arrived three minutes later and was all Saka's own work, the Arsenal winger turning away from his man on the edge of the area and curling a superb effort beyond the reach of Anatoliy Trubin and into the top corner.
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slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsA soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.
manintj詞源 1/ˈmæn/
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Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.
- Man, that was a great catch!
- "What happened to your eye?" she says. "Ice pick, Bayonne, 1985," he says. "Any other questions?" "Sorry, man, I was just asking."
manpron詞源 1/ˈmæn/
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slangUsed to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
- Man's got some new creps.
- [Sully:] If it weren’t for that snake […] Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.
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slangYou; construed in the third person.
- Man thinks I was born yesterday.
- Oh, come on. Help a brother out. People see you coppin', might inspire them. Look, I know you ain't payin' bills right now. Man must have bare peas saved up.
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slangAny person, one
- Man don't care.
- He was of all colours Þat man may se of flours Be-twene Mydsomer and May.
manverb詞源 2/ˈmæn/
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To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
- The ship was manned with a small crew.
- In Britain, nearly 2,500 steam locomotives were built, 999 to new designs. Although the latter were modern, they were still labour-intensive to man and maintain, during a period of full employment when working for poor pay in the dirty railway environment was unattractive.
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To take up position in order to operate (something).
- Man the machine guns!
- “Avast!” roared Ahab, dashing him against the bulwarks—“Man the boat! Which way heading?”
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datedTo brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
- “To stay open, the senior enlisted leader of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Forward said he needed people to cover security,” Duncan wrote. “Personnel Recovery Task Force (PRTF) Pilots, maintainers and support personnel donned their vests, helmets and M-4 rifles and manned defensive fighting positions.”
- he manned himself heroically
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obsoleteTo wait on, attend to or escort.
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obsoletefalconryhobbieshuntingTo accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.
manname詞源 3/ˈmæn/
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computingengineeringmathematicsA command used to display help pages in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
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資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。