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butch

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++butch /bʊtʃ/ adjective informal  1. HBHMANa woman who is butch looks, behaves, or dresses like a man 〔女子外表、举止、穿着〕男性化的,男人腔的2. HBHMANa man who is butch seems big and strong, and typically male 〔男子〕男性特征明显的,男子气的
Examples from the Corpus
butchRobin Williams plays Armand, the relatively butch half of a gay couple.As a boy you were so butch it hurt.
Origin butch (1900-2000) Butch name given to men or boys who behave as if wanting to fight, probably from butcher
butch adjectiveChinese
Corpus behaves, dresses looks, woman or a who is butch


butch
butch /bʊtʃ/ adjective informal
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: Butch name given to men or boys who behave as if wanting to fight, probably from butcher
1. a woman who is butch looks, behaves, or dresses like a man
2. a man who is butch seems big and strong, and typically male


butchBrE /bʊtʃ/ 🔊NAmE /bʊtʃ/ 🔊 adjective (informal) (of a woman 女子) behaving or dressing like a man (举止或衣着)男子般的,男性化的   compare femme (of a man 男子) big, and often behaving in an aggressive way 高大的;(常指)趾高气扬的