Cows,
humans and whales are all mammals.
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picture o page R28 ► mam-ma-lian /mae'meilian/ adj.
mam mary /'maemari/ adj. [only before noun] (biology 4) connected with the
breasts mammary
glands (= parts of the breast
that produce milk) ILH mam mo gram /'maemagraem/ noun an examination of a
breast using X-rays to check for cancer ?L 1% X ft
mam mog raphy /mae'mngrafi; NAmE -'ma:g-/ noun [U] the use of X-rays to check for cancer in a breast X
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 fijf'l ( laMs, mam-moth /'maemae/ noun, adj.
m noun an animal like a large elephant covered with hair, that lived thousands of years ago
and is now
EXTINCT
m adj. [usually before noun]
extremely large
A (ft FflJI
huge : a mammoth task & A Eft \f O a financial crisis of mammoth
proportions
mi
mammy /'maemi/ noun (pi. -ies) 1 (dialect, informal) mother 2 an offensive word used
in the past
in the southern states of
the
'mammy-wagon noun (old-fashioned, WAfrE) a lorry/ truck with a roof and seats for
people to travel in (
mam-para /mAm'pAra/ noun (SAfrE) - mompara man 0"w /maen/ noun, verb,
exclamation m noun (pi. men /men/)
►
MALE PERSON ft A 1 [C] an adult male human ikft-ft
A;
ft A: a good-looking young
man 0
the relationships between
men and women MAd^ft
—
see also dirty old man, ladies’ man,
men’s room
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HUMANS A
2 [U] humans as a group or
from a
particular period of history A^; ( # S A W $1W )
A:
the
damage caused by man to the environment A AWitAAlftfi^W O early/modem/Prehistoric
man A
o note at gender 3 [C] (literary or old-fashioned) a person, either male
or female (
S!lW ) A: All men must die. #rW&lA#£?E#Jo
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PARTICULAR TYPE OF MAN A 4 [C]
(in compounds fa jAg. o'is]) a man who comes from the place mentioned or whose
job or interest is connected with the thing mentioned
(ft ) A: a Frenchman felAoa businessman IkMAo a medical man 0 a sportsman jssftM o note
at gender 5 [C] a man who likes or who does the thing mentioned a betting/
drinking/fighting man — see also
family man 6 [C] a man who works for
or supports a particular organization, comes from a particular town, etc. ( ) A: the
BBC’s man in
loyal Republican Party man — £ Affl^A
—see
also right-hand man, yes-man
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SOLDIER/WORKER $±; l A 7 [C,
usually pi.] a soldier or a male worker who obeys the instructions of a person
of higher rank ±W; ( fHA ) I A: The
officer refused to let his men take part in the operation,
8
[C] a man who comes to your house to do a job A: the gas man
^IAo The man’s coming to
repair the TV today.
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FORM OF ADDRESS M vf 9 [sing.] (informal, especially
NAmE) used for addressing a male person ik if; IfJL 111: Nice shirt, man! if iM ft (ftMA W, WJLill! 0 Hey man. Back off! BH, #Cif, il/0! 10 [sing.] (old-fashioned)
used for addressing a male
person in an angry or impatient way ( A(ft#iȴ ) jfo&Mik:
Don’t just stand there, man—get a doctor! ifojfLMik, S1!
R&ift#
gRiaE&Jff!
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HUSBAND/BOYFRIEND A A ; ft A -11 [C] (sometimes
disapproving) a husband or sexual
partner A A ; # ik #: What’s her new man
like? (ft §f J§ A ^ ?
o
I now pronounce you man
and wife (= you are now officially
married). % M ft JH & m ft fll A A $3 „ — see
also OLD MAN
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STRONG/BRAVE PERSON ®4t:fft / Mfqft A 12 [C]
a person who is strong and brave or has other qualities that some people think
are particularly male ft
35t 3M 4b (ft A; HA'/X: Come on, now—be a man. 'A^Ul, Mftft
Mf
jX(ft#Av 0 She’s more of a man
than he is. M ttfk ftft f'Ho — see
also he-man, muscleman, superman
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SERVANT {[ A 13 [sing.] (old-fashioned,
formal)
a
male servant ft
ft:
My man will drive you home.
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IN CHESS IUP/r:^.#f 14 [C] one of the figures
or objects that you play with in a game such as chess A — see
also CHESSMAN
W as one 'man with everyone doing or
thinking the same thing at the same time; in agreement [WJW15A;
be
sb’s 'man to
be the best or most suitable person to do a particular job, etc. ft A iUlftA;
ft# A izfc:
For
a superb haircut, David’s your man. f
Sl't be'man
enough (to do sth/for sth) to be strong or brave enough ft
ELI$tfjftH skMlfc : He was not man
enough to face up to his responsibility. ffejSevery man for him'self (saying) people must take care
of themselves and not give or expect any help A# A B; g fil g S : In business, it’s
every man for himself.
make a
'man (out) of sb to make a young man develop and become more adult AtX;
{4AAJ&A a/the ,man
about 'town a
man who frequently goes to fashionable parties, clubs, theatres, etc. A ,man and 'boy
from when sb was young to
when they were old or older )k/Jn
3\ A; ' —* W A: He’s been doing the
same job for 50 years—man and boy. ftfe M. AHAH MI—X ft, ft 50 ^To the ,man (and/or .woman) in the 'street an average or ordinary
person, either male or female AW$4: Politicians often
don’t understand the views of the man in the street.
a
.man of 'God/the 'doth (old-fashioned, formal) a religious man,
especially a priest or a clergyman AM;
(jt^a )^kM, ^]# the .man of the match (BrE, sport 4jt) the member of a
team who plays the best in a particular game ( )
ft'fiisibM a .man of
the ' people (especially of a
politician ft fa ® '/p M) a man who understands
and is sympathetic to ordinary people #tt[£ff#; man’s best 'friend a
way of describing a dog A ( )
a .man’s
.home is
his 'castle (US) = an Englishman’s home is his castle at Englishman a man’s man a man who is more
popular with men than with women jg ^ A A be your own 'man/'woman to act or think
independently, not following others or being ordered 345: § ± .man to man between two men who
are treating each other honestly and equally ( IS A |h] ) M f0$: I’m telling you all
this man to man. tE:& — a-UH/A 0 a man-to-man talk
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 A @ fk 0 A M #; — A ¥• AS, 'f&AWT^ separate/sort out the .men from
the 'boys to
show or prove who is brave, skilful, etc. and who is not / -uEBjHtW3$i£
CsRMPtSC^ ) to a 'man | to the last 'man used to emphasize that
sth is true of all the people being described — gfc;
They answered ‘Yes,’ to a man. f&jn
# p
|W]
ft [al ft-: “ilo ” o They were all
destroyed, to the last man. life Cl you can’t keep a good man
'down (saying) a person who is
determined or wants sth very much will succeed ft ^ # ♦ % ifc; ik -6 A A ft ih A A 0 — more at grand adj., heart, marked, next
adj., ODD, PART /?., POOR, POSSESSED, SUBSTANCE, THING, WORLD
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verb (
nn-) [VN] to work at a place or be in charge of