masculinity
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mas·cu·lin·i·ty /ˌmæskjəˈlɪnəti/ noun [uncountable] MANthe features and qualities considered to be typical of men 男性；阳性；男子气 OPP femininity Children’s ideas of masculinity tend to come from their fathers. 儿童的男性观念往往来自他们的父亲。 boys trying to prove their masculinity 想证明自己的阳刚之气的男孩们
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masculinity• Man can not experience the fullness of his masculinity and powers of reproduction without a woman, and viceversa.• He looked, he had to admit, the very picture of obscene masculinity.• Conception was external proof of masculinity.• A man who can not attain his manhood through an affirmative role resorts to the lowest terms of masculinity.• It was an understanding of masculinity that Gerald had already embraced.• He has often been phoned by cold callers trying the masculinity trip on him.• The males, whom the women abuse from birth, spend their lives in a futile pursuit of their masculinity.• Any animal with a solitary set of chromosomes is hence doomed to masculinity.mas·cu·lin·i·ty nounChineseSyllable
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masculinity
mas‧cu‧lin‧i‧ty /ˌmæskjəˈlɪnəti, ˌmæskjʊˈlɪnəti/
noun [uncountable]
the features and qualities considered to be typical of men
OPP femininity:
Children’s ideas of masculinity tend to come from their fathers.
boys trying to prove their masculinity
mas‧cu‧lin‧i‧ty /ˌmæskjəˈlɪnəti, ˌmæskjʊˈlɪnəti/
noun [uncountable]the features and qualities considered to be typical of men
OPP femininity: