virility

英 [və'rɪləti] 美 [və'rɪləti]

• n. 男子气概；生殖力；刚强有力；活力

英英释义

Noun:

1. the masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation

2. the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. clear the streets of snow
   
2. There was nobody doubting his virility.
   没有人质疑他的生殖力。
3. He remembered reading somewhere , though , that baldness shows virility .
   不过他记得在什么地方读过说秃顶代表阳刚气概。
4. A country's foreign trade is a measure of its economic virility.
   一个国家的外贸是衡量其经济活力的一个手段。

经典引文

• At puberty it [the pulse] is only 80; about virility 75.

  出自： J. M. Good

近反义词

【近义词】

• vigor 活力
• manliness 男子气概
• manfulness 勇敢