man
US: /ˈmæn/
UK: /mˈæn/
UK: /mˈæn/
English Vietnamese dictionary
man /mæn/
- danh từ, số nhiều men /men/
- người, con người
- đàn ông, nam nhi
- to behave like a man: xử sự như một trang nam nhi
- to be only half a man: yếu đuối, nhút nhát, không xứng đáng là nam nhi
- chồng
- man and wife: chồng và vợ
- ((thường) số nhiều) người (chỉ quân lính trong một đơn vị quân đội, công nhân trong một xí nghiệp, công xưởng...)
- an army of 10,000 men: một đạo quân một vạn người
- người hầu, đầy tớ (trai)
- cậu, cậu cả (tiếng xưng hô thân mật khi bực dọc)
- hurry up man, we are late!: nhanh lên cậu cả, muộn rồi!
- quân cờ
- the man higher up
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) ông trùm trong chính giới
- a man in a thousand
- người hiếm có, người hàng nghìn người mới có một
- man and boy
- từ bé đến lớn, từ lúc còn thơ ấu đến lúc trưởng thành
- the man in (mỹ: on) the street
- mỹ the man in the cars
- người dân thường, quần chúng
- a man of the world
- (xem) world
- man about town
- (xem) about
- a man of letters
- (xem) letter
- man of straw
- (xem) straw
- a man of all work
- người làm đủ mọi nghề
- a man of his word
- (xem) word
- a man of honour
- người quân tử
- one dollars-a-year man
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) trùm tư bản tham dự chính quyền chỉ lĩnh mỗi năm một đô la (lương tượng trưng)
- to be one's own man
- tự mình làm chủ, không bị lệ thuộc vào ai; sáng suốt, hoàn toàn tự giác
- to be one's own man again
- lấy lại được bình tĩnh
- tỉnh lại
- bình phục lại, lấy lại được sức khoẻ (sau một trận ốm)
- lại được tự do
- to a man
- to the last man
- tất cả mọi người, cho đến người cuối cùng
- undercover men
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) bọn mật thám, bọn chỉ điểm
- to the last man
- ngoại động từ
- cung cấp người
- to man a ship: cung cấp thuỷ thủ cho một con tàu
- giữ vị trí ở, đứng vào vị trí ở (ổ súng đại bác)
- làm cho mạnh mẽ, làm cho cường tráng; làm cho can đảm lên
- to man oneself: tự làm cho mình can đảm lên
- cung cấp người
- mỹ the man in the cars
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb, exclamation
+ noun
(plural men )
male person
1 [C] an adult male human being: a good-looking young man + the relationships between men and women
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human beings
2 [U] human beings as a group or from a particular period of history: the damage caused by man to the environment + early / modern / Prehistoric man - GENDER
3 [C] (literary or old-fashioned) a person, either male or female: All men must die.
particular type of man
4 [C] (in compounds) a man who comes from the place mentioned or whose job or interest is connected with the thing mentioned: a Frenchman + a businessman + a medical man + a sportsman - GENDER
5 [C] a man who likes or who does the thing mentioned: a betting / drinking / fighting man + I think he's a beer man (= he drinks beer).
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6 [C] a man who works for or supports a particular organization, comes from a particular town, etc: the BBC's man in Moscow (= the man who reports on news from Moscow) + a loyal Republican Party man
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soldier / worker
7 [C, usually pl.] a soldier or a male worker who obeys the instructions of a person of higher rank: The officer refused to let his men take part in the operation. + The conditions in which the men were working were terrible.
8 [C] a man who comes to your house to do a job: the gas man + The man's coming to repair the TV today.
form of address
9 [sing.] (informal spoken, especially AmE) used for addressing a male person: Nice shirt, man! + Hey man. Back off!
10 [sing.] (old-fashioned, spoken) used for addressing a male person in an angry or impatient way: Don't just stand there, man-get a doctor!
husband / boyfriend
11 [C] (sometimes disapproving) a husband or sexual partner: What's her new man like? + I now pronounce you man and wife (= you are now officially married).
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strong / brave person
12 [C] a person who is strong and brave or has other qualities that some people think are particularly male: Come on, now-be a man. + She's more of a man than he is.
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servant
13 [sing.] (old-fashioned, formal) a male servant: My man will drive you home.
in chess
14 [C] one of the figures or objects that you play with in a game such as CHESS
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Idioms: as one man with everyone doing or thinking the same thing at the same time; in agreement: The crowd rose to their feet as one man. + The staff speak as one man on this issue.
be sb's man to be the best or most suitable person to do a particular job, etc: For a superb haircut, David's your man.
be man enough (to do sth / for sth) to be strong or brave enough: He was not man enough to face up to his responsibility.
every man for himself (saying) people must look after themselves and not give or expect any help: In business, it's every man for himself.
make a man (out) of sb to make a young man develop and become more adult: They thought the army would make a man of him.
a / the man about town a man who frequently goes to fashionable parties, clubs, theatres, etc: In his new suit, he looked quite the man about town.
man and boy from when sb was young to when they were old or older: He's been doing the same job for 50 years-man and boy.
the man (and / or woman) in the street an average or ordinary person, either male or female: Politicians often don't understand the views of the man in the street.
a man of God / the cloth (old-fashioned, formal) a religious man, especially a priest or a CLERGYMAN
the man of the match (BrE, sport) the member of a team who plays the best in a particular game: Cole was named man of the match.
a man of the people (especially of a politician) a man who understands and is sympathetic to ordinary people: He is not only a statesman, but also a man of the people.
man's best friend a way of describing a dog
a man's home is his castle (AmE) = an Englishman's home is his castle at ENGLISHMAN
a man's man a man who is more popular with men than with women
be your own man / woman to act or think independently, not following others or being ordered: Working for himself meant that he could be his own man.
man to man between two men who are treating each other honestly and equally: I'm telling you all this man to man. + a man-to-man talk
separate / sort out the men from the boys to show or prove who is brave, skilful, etc. and who is not
to a man
to the last man (written) used to emphasize that sth is true of all the people being described: They answered 'Yes,' to a man. + They were all destroyed, to the last man.
more at GRAND adj., HEART, MARKED, NEXT adj., ODD adj., PART n., POOR, POSSESSED, SUBSTANCE, THING, WORD n., WORLD
+ verb (-nn-) [VN] to work at a place or be in charge of a place or a machine; to supply people to work somewhere: Soldiers manned barricades around the city. + The telephones are manned 24 hours a day by volunteers. + a manned space flight
+ exclamation (informal, especially AmE) used to express surprise, anger, etc.: Man, that was great!
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 gentleman, male, fellow, Colloq guy, chap, Brit bloke, squire, Slang gink, geezer, US gazabo:
Have you met the man she is going to marry?
2 people, human beings, mankind, mortals, Homo sapiens, humanity, humankind, the human race:
Man wants but little here below.
3 valet, manservant, gentleman's gentleman, servant, retainer, houseboy, houseman:
Humberson sent his man round with a note.
v.
4 staff, people, crew; cover:
Who will man the office while I am away?
Collocation dictionary
1 male person
ADJ.
elderly, middle-aged, old, older, young
a little old man
| attractive, good-looking, handsome | ugly | short, tall | fat, thin | big, burly | little
a nice little man
| black, white | dark, dark-haired, fair, fair-haired | bearded | blind | sick | dead | intelligent, wise | great
Several people made speeches in honour of the great man.
| brave | charming, fine, good, kind, nice | honest | proud | quiet | bad, horrible
What a horrible man!
| arrogant | strange | brutal, hard, violent | married, single | family
He's a family man who rarely goes out with his friends.
| gay | professional | lucky
He was a lucky man to have found such a partner.
| poor, rich | betting, gambling
I've never been a gambling man.
| self-made | right-hand
He found success hard to come by after losing his right-hand man.
| innocent | free
He walked out of court a free man.
| condemned
2 human beings
ADJ.
early, prehistoric, primitive | Stone Age, etc. | Neanderthal, etc.
PREP.
in ~
In man the brain is highly developed.
PHRASES
known to man
the most poisonous substance known to man
Concise English dictionary
manned|manning|men|mansmæn
noun
+an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
+someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
+the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
+any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
+a male subordinate
+an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
+a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
+a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
+one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
+game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
+all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
verb
+take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place
+provide with men
