menfolk

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++men·folk /ˈmenfəʊk $ -foʊk/ noun [plural] old-fashioned MANthe men in a particular society, family etc 〔某一社会、家庭等中的〕男人们 → womenfolk Many women took in washing to supplement the income of their menfolk. 很多妇女承揽洗衣服的活儿来贴补家里男人的收入。

Examples from the Corpus

menfolk• He also taught them the arts of circumcision and sub-incision, used to produce the traditional tattoos sported by Aranda menfolk.• Mrs Lane was the miniature goddess who controlled her large, tolerant, good-humoured menfolk, and made this whole organisation work.• The greatest complication about any ball is that one requires menfolk with whom to attend it.• Sooner or later the woman will give in, because the squalor is not held against the menfolk but against her.• He might even try to inflame the menfolk of Banda into stoning Jane.• Ahead of them, as was fitting, were the menfolk, more soberly-clad save for the bright kerchiefs round their necks.• The loyalty of the women of the mining communities to their menfolk is, of course, legend.• Women keep the home fires burning while their menfolk hunt and commune with sacred things.

men·folk nounChineseSyllable

men Corpus particular society, in the family a

menfolk
men‧folk /ˈmenfəʊk $ -foʊk/