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Masculinity is the set of looks, ways of talking, and ways of acting that a society calls typical of men — a strong body, a deep voice, not crying, taking charge, and so on. Though actually these are ideas people teach, not a simple fact of the body. What counts as masculine changes with time and place, and older and younger people often do not agree. The word is more formal than “being a man.” It is about the image of maleness, not about whether someone is male. People argue about it in news and school essays; it is not a kitchen-table word.
男子氣概;陽剛特質
組成masculine + -ity. The ending -ity turns the adjective into a noun meaning “the quality of being that way.” English once also said masculineness. From French masculinité.
同家族的字
- masculinemasculine is the adjective; masculinity is the noun for that quality
原始詞典資料1 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。
masculinitynoun/ˌmæskjəˈlɪnɪti/
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The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness.
- Over time, society's ideas of masculinity has greatly broadened.
- Of the six homosexual patients, three men finally overcame the underlying vaginaphobia, increased their heterosexual activities, and enhanced their masculinity.
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。