mas·cu·line /ˈmæskjələn/
 陽性,男性(a.)男性的,陽性的,有丈夫氣的
 mas·cu·line /ˈmæskjələn/ 形容詞
 男性的,雄性的,男性,陽性
 mas·cu·line a.
 1. Of the male sex; not female.
    Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.   --Chaucer.
 2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.
    That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.   --Hallam.
 3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males. [R.] “A masculine church.”
 4. Gram. Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender. -- Mas*cu*line*ly, adv. -- Mas*cu*line*ness, n.
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 masculine
      adj 1: of grammatical gender [ant: feminine, neuter]
      2: associated with men and not with women [ant: feminine]
      3: (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a
         masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy,
         enjoy'"
      n : a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males
          or to objects classified as male