• adj. 男性的；陽性的；男子氣概的
• n. 男性；陽性，陽性詞

來自拉丁語masculus,男人的，具備男人的美德的，來自mas,男人，男子，詞源同marry,-cul,小詞后綴。字面意思即小男子漢，男人的。后引申詞義男性化的，語法格陽性的。male為該詞縮寫詞。

masculine

masculine: see male

masculine (adj.)

mid-14c., "belonging to the male grammatical gender;" late 14c., "of men, male," from Old French masculin "of the male sex" (12c.), from Latin masculinus "male, of masculine gender," from masculus "male, masculine; worthy of a man," diminutive of mas (genitive maris) "male person, male," of unknown origin. Meaning "having the appropriate qualities of the male sex, manly, virile, powerful" is first attested 1620s. As a noun from mid-15c.

1. In most languages adjectives have slightly different spellings for masculine and feminine.

在多數語言中，形容詞的陽性和陰性的拼法略為不同。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Andrew describes her as a large, bony and masculine woman.

安德魯說她是一個瘦骨嶙峋、男人模樣的大塊頭女人。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He was handsome and strong, and very masculine.

他英俊強壯，富有男子漢氣概。

來自《權威詞典》

4. The opera singer has a deep, booming , masculine voice.

這位歌劇演唱家有一副深沉而又渾厚有力的嗓音.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. She has a rather masculine voice.

她的聲音有點男性化.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》