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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary man·hood DATE 13th century 1. the condition of being a human being 2. qualities associated with men : manliness 3. the condition of being an adult male as distinguished from a child or female 4. adult males : men 5. penis English Etymology manhood early 13c., "state of being human," from man (n.) + -hood. Meanings "state of being an adult male," also "manliness," are from late 14c. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 manhood man·hood / 5mAnhud / noun1. [U] the state or time of being an adult man rather than a boy 成年；成年时期 2. [U] the qualities that a man is supposed to have, for example courage, strength and sexual power 男儿气质: Her new-found power was a threat to his manhood. 她最近具有的能力对他的男子汉气概是个威胁。 3. [sing.] (literary or humorous) a man's penis . People use 'manhood' to avoid saying 'penis'. (与 penis 同义,即阴茎) 4. [U] (literary) all the men of a country 一国的男子: The nation's manhood died on the battlefields of World War I. 这个国家的男子都在第一次世界大战的战场上牺牲了。 ⇨ compare womanhood Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English manhood noun ADJ. early, young VERB + MANHOOD grow to, reach He grew from adolescence to young manhood. | prove It seemed they were fighting to prove their manhood. PREP. in ~ He began to go bald in early manhood. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: manhood suffrage , or god-manhood man·hood \ˈmanˌhu̇d, -aan-\ noun Etymology: Middle English manhode, from man + -hode -hood 1. : the condition of being a human being : human quality or nature < make moral postulates that rest less on his scientific knowledge than on his simple manhood — Weston La Barre > 2. : manly qualities : courage , bravery , resolution < send manhood out of him in fear — G.D.Brown > < society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members — R.W.Emerson > 3. a. : the condition of being an adult male < the thing for which he had striven since manhood — Mary K. Hammond > < grew to manhood in a frontier town > b. : the condition of being a male as distinguished from a female < has become the symbol of manhood, which is socially valued — H.M.Parshley > c. : virility d. : male genitalia 4. : men ; especially : the adult males < Ireland's manhood … were distributed among the prisons of England — O.S.J.Gogarty > < Britain's strength lies in her own manhood, standing on her own shores — M.W.Straight > 5. : mature status : maturity < grew up to manhood under the protection of Great Britain — F.H.Underhill > < combat aviation has grown to manhood — H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker > |
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