masculinize

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make masculine; to give typically male characteristics. transitive
    — Returning to the sculptor described earlier, we know why that young woman suffered. She was housebound and bedbound, her face was changed by steroids, she was masculinized by her treatment, one breast was scarred, and she had almost no hair.

词形变化

masculinizes present,singular,third-person masculinizing participle,present masculinized participle,past masculinized past masculinise alternative

词汇关系

反义词
feminize

词源

Etymology tree
English masculine
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English masculinize
From masculine + -ize.
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