Neanderthal

英 [ni'ændətɑːl] 美 [ni'ændərtɑːl]

• adj. 穴居人的

英英释义

Noun:

1. extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia

Adjective:

1. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance;

   "was boorish and insensitive"
   "the loutish manners of a bully"
   "her stupid oafish husband"
   "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
   

2. relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man;

   "Neanderthal skull"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.
   穴居人的大脑比你的大。
2. This is where the Duke comes in, strolling into our tale like a club-wielding Neanderthal from a diorama at the Natural History Museum.
   那是公爵走进我们的故事的地方，就像自然历史博物馆中的西洋景里挥舞着棍棒的穴居人。

经典引文

• In 1958 part of a Neandertal skull was recovered from a cave at Ma-pa.

  出自： B. J. Williams

词汇搭配

• Neanderthal man 〈人类学〉尼安德特人...

近反义词

【近义词】

• brute 畜生
• Neandertal 尼安德特人
• Neanderthal man 〈人类学〉尼安德特人...
• swinish 猪的
• oafish 痴呆的
• loutish 粗野的
• boorish 粗野的
• Neanderthalian (人类学用语) 尼安德特...