Cows,
humans and whales are all mammals•哺乳动物 —picture o page R28 ► mam-ma-lian /mae'meilian/ adj.
mam.mary
(maemari/
ad；/...[only before noun]
(fc/o/ogy.生）
connected
with the breasts 乳房的；乳腺的：mammary glands (= parts of the
breast that produce milk) f LIU mam-mo-gram /'maemagraBm/ noun an examination of a
breast using X-rays to check for
cancer.乳房 X
光 检查
marti*mog-raphy /mae'mDgrafi; NAmE -'ma:g-/ noun [U] the use of X-rays to check for cancer in a breast 房 X
线照相术；乳房X光摄影术
Mam-mon
/'maeman/
noun [U] (formal, disapproving) a way of talking about
money and wealth when it has become the most important thing in sb’s.life and
as important as a god玛门（指财富、金钱）；财神
mam-moth
/'maemaG/
noun, adj. m noun an animal like a
large elephant covered with hair,
that lived thousands of years ago and is now EXTINCT猛犸（象）；毛象
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adf/ [usually .before noun] extremely
large 极其巨大的；庞
大的 huge ： a mammoth task 巨夫的任务◊ a financial crisis of mammoth
proportions
危机
mammy /'maemi/ noun (pi. -ies) 1 (dialect, informal) mother 妈；妈妈 2
an offensive word used in the past in the southern states of the
truck with a roof and seats
for people to travel in (带顶
棚的）小卡车，小客车
mam-para /mAm'pAra/ noun {SAfr£) = mompara man /maen/ noun, verb, exclamation
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noun [pi men /men/)
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MALE PERSON 男入 1
[C] an adult male human 成年男
子;男人：a good-Zoofcing young
mcm英俊的年轻虏午◊ the
reZarionships between men and women 男女间的关系
—see
also DIRTY OLD MAN, LADIES’ MAN，MEN’S ROOM
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HUMANS 人 2 [U] humans as a group or from a particular
period of history 人类；（特定历史时期的）
人：the damage caused by man to the
environment 给环境带来的破环◊ ear〖y/modern/Prehistoric
man早 淪/现ft：/史前乂 〇 note at. gender 3 [C】（//fcrary.or old-fashioned) a person, either male
or female (不论性
别品）人：AH men must die.所有的人都会死的。
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PARTICULAR TYPE OF MAN 某类人 4 [C] (in compounds 构
成复合词）a man who comes from the place mentioned or whose job
or interest is connected with the thing mentioned (来自某地、从事某种工作或有某种兴趣等
的）人：a Frenchman 法国人◊ a businessman 生意人.◊ a medfcaZ ma/i 医务工作者◊ a sportsman 运动员 o
note at gender 5 [C] a man who likes or who does the
thing mentioned (喜欢或做某事的）人：a betting/
drinfcin^//!g/iring man /逼酒 /打架的人一see also
family man 6 [C] a man who works for
or supports a particular organization, comes from a particular town, etc•(来自某处、支持某组织或为其工作的）人：the BBCs man in
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SOLDIER/WORKER 战士 ：工人 7 [C，usually pi.] a soldier
or a male worker who obeys the instructions of a person of higher rank 士兵；（.奐性）工人：The oJ^’cer
to Zet his men ta/ce
part in the operation.这晕官拒绝让他 的士兵参加这项军事行动。8 [C] a man who comes
to your house to do a job 上门服务的人：the man 煤 ■气工人◊ TTie man’s
coming to repair the 7Y today•修S 工今天来修电视。
FORM
OF ADDRESS 称 B乎 9 [sing.] {informal, especially
1225 man
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HUSBAND/BOYFRIEND 丈夫；男友 [C]
(sometimes
disapproving) a husband or sexual
partner '性伙
伴：What’s her new man Wee?她命新男友怎么样？ ◊
I
now pronounce you man and wife (= you are now offi- cially married).我现在正式宣布你们结为夫妇。一see also OLD MAN
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STRONG/BRAVE PERSON 强壮的 /
勇敢的人 12
[C] a person who is strong and brave or has
other qualities that some people think are particularly male.勇敢强壮■的
人；男子汉：Come on, now—be a man•快是儿，像个男 〒汉均样子。She’s more 〇/a man than he is•她比j也 肴奐♦气。一see also he-man, muscleman, superman
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SERVANT 仆.父 13
[sing.] /ornifl/) a male
servant 男仆：My man win drive you home.我的仆入会 开幸送你回家。
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IN CHESS 国际象棋 14 [C] one of the figures or objects that you
play with in a game such as chess 棋子一see
also CHESSMAN
IBTOI
as one 'man with
everyone doing or thinking the same thing at the same time; in agreement 同心协力；
协调一致 be sb’s _man to be the best or most
suitable person to do a particular job，etc.最合适的人；最佳人
选：For a superb haircut, David’s your man•要想理个
好发型，你最好是去找戴维。be'man enough (to do sth/for
sth) to
be strong or brave enough 有足够的勇气 或意志：He wamot man
enough to /ace up to his responsibiiity.他没有足够的勇气去承担责任。every man for him'self {saying) people must take care
of themselves and not give or expect any help 人各为己； 自己顾自己：Jn busmess, it’s every man /or himseZ/. 生意场上都是人各为己。\ make a 'man (out) of sb to make a young man
develop and become more adult 使成为男子汉；使长大成人a/the
,man about 'town a man who frequently goes to fashionable
parties, clubs, theatres, etc.喜欢交者；社.交界名人，man and ’boy from when sb was young to when they were
old or older 从小到大一 _ 子：He's been doing the
same job for 50 years一man and boy.他从小就干着同一份工托，
有 50 年了。the ,man
(and/or ,woman) in the ’street an average or ordinary
person, either male or female 平 民；老•可姓：Politicians often
don't understand the views o/t/ie mcm in the street.众政者通常不理解平民百姓的观
'h。a ,man of _God/the
'cloth (oW'/flsh/.o/ied，/ormfl/) a religious man, especially a
priest or a clergyman 神职 人员；（尤指 i 牧师，■司铎 the
,man of the •match (8rf， sport the member of a team
who plays the best in a particular game (某项比赛的）最佳运知员a ,man of the ■
people (especially
of a politician 先指政治家）a man who understands and is sympathetic to ordinary
people体恤民情者；体察民意套man’s best .friend a way of describing a
dog 人类的好朋友（指狗）a .man’s .home is his
'castle (L/S)
= an Englishman's home is his castle
at Englishman a 'man’s man a man who is more
popular with men than with women 更受男人 欢迎的男人 be
your own •man/'woman to act or think independently, not
following others or being ordered 独立』自主，man to ‘man between two men who are treating each
other honestly and equally (男人间）诚
实相待，坦率：J’m teHingyou aH t/iis man to man•我秦 把这一切都坦率地告诉你。◊ a rmm-to-man taWc坦率 的谈话 one
man’s ,meat is another man’s 'poison {saying) used to say that
different people like different things; what one person likes very much,
another person does not like at all兴趣爱好会人而异；一人手
中宝/他人脚下草 separate/sort
out the ,men from the 'boys to show or prove who is brave, skilful,
etc. and who is not表明/证明谁有技能（或更_敢等）to a 'man | to the last 'man used to emphasize that
sth is true of all the people being described —致；毫无例外： 77i^y answered Yes,’ to
a man.他们异口 向声地 答：
“桌。' ” 0 They
were all destroyed, to the last man. # 们无一例外全备被歼。you can’t keep a good man
'down {saying) a person who is
determined or wants sth very much will succeed有志者事竟成；决心大的人终有
出或之日一more at grand adj., heart, marked, next
adj., ODD, PART n., POOR, POSSESSED,
SUBSTANCE, THING, WORLD
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verb ( nn-) [VN] to work at a place
or be in charge of