virile
英 ['vɪraɪl]
美 ['vɪrəl]
- adj. 男性的；有男子气概的；刚健的
- n. (Virile)人名；(意)维里莱
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1. virtue, world => Latin vir "man" => virile.
virile 男子汉的来自拉丁语vir,男人，英雄，来自PIE*wi-ro,男人，自由人，可能进一步来自PIE*weie,追寻，渴求，猎捕，词源同win,Venus.
- virile (adj.)
- late 15c., "characteristic of a man; marked by manly force," from Middle French viril (14c.) and directly from Latin virilis "of a man, manly, worthy of a man," from vir "a man, a hero," from PIE *wi-ro- "man, freeman" (cognates: Sanskrit virah, Avestan vira-, Lithuanian vyras, Old Irish fer, Welsh gwr, Gothic wair, Old English wer "man"). Virile member for "penis" is recorded from 1540s.
- 1. His style of singing is very virile.
- 他演唱的风格浑厚有力.
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- 2. She loved the virile young swimmer.
- 她爱上了那个有男子气概的年轻游泳运动员.
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- 3. He wanted his sons to become strong, virile, and athletic like himself.
- 他希望他的儿子们能长得像他一样强壮、阳刚而又健美。
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- 4. She is both virile and feminine.
- 她既有男子的气概,又有女性的娇柔.
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- 5. I'm a very virile man.
- 我是一个很有男子气概的人.
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