1 typical of or looking like a man; connected with men 有男子气概的；像男子的；与男子有关的: a deep, masculine voice 深沉的男子声音Her short hair makes her look quite masculine. 她留了短发看上去男子气十足。 ☞Look at feminine and the note at female. 参看feminine及female的注释。

2 (abbr masc) (grammar语法) belonging to a class of words that refer to male people or animals and often have a special form 阳性的: ‘He’ is a masculine pronoun. he是阳性代词。

3 (abbr masc) (grammar语法) (in the grammar of some languages) belonging to a certain class of nouns, pronouns or adjectives （在某些语言的语法中）阳性: The French word for ‘sun’ is masculine. sun在法语中的对应词属阳性。 ☞Look at feminine and neuter. 参看feminine及neuter。 ➔masculinity /ˌmæskjuˈlɪnəti ||; ˌmæskjəˈlɪnətɪ/ noun [U]