Neanderthal

英 [niˈændətɑːl]

美 [niˈændərtɑːl]

adj.  (石器时代生活于欧洲的)尼安德特人的; 守旧的; 僵化过时的; 令人厌烦的; 粗鲁无礼的

复数：neanderthals　

BNC.48659 / COCA.22823

牛津词典

adj.

• （石器时代生活于欧洲的）尼安德特人的
  used to describe a type of human being who used stone tools and lived in Europe during the early period of human history
• 守旧的；僵化过时的
  very old-fashioned and not wanting any change
  1. neanderthal attitudes
     守旧的态度
• 令人厌烦的；粗鲁无礼的
  unpleasant, rude and not behaving in a socially acceptable way

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (欧洲生活在3.5万年至7万年之前的)尼安德特人的
  Neanderthalpeople lived in Europe between 35,000 and 70,000 years ago.
  1. Neanderthal man was able to kill woolly mammoths and bears.
     尼安德特人能够捕杀浑身覆毛的猛犸象和熊。
  2. ...the late Neanderthal age.
     尼安德特时代后期
  3. You can refer to people from the Neanderthal period asNeanderthals.
     尼安德特人;尼安德特时期的人
  4. The Neanderthals were very robust and quite different from us.
     尼安德特时期的人非常强壮，和我们迥然不同。
• ADJ-GRADED (尤指男性)极端守旧的，粗鲁的，未开化的
  If you describe people's, especially men's, ideas or ways of behaving asNeanderthal, you disapprove of them because they are very old-fashioned and uncivilized.
  1. Let us deal with the question of his notoriously Neanderthal attitude to women.
     我们现在来说说他臭名昭著的、对女性态度粗鲁的问题。
• N-COUNT (指男性)原始人，野蛮人，凶猛粗鲁的人
  If you call a man aneanderthal, you disapprove of him because you think he behaves in a very uncivilized way.
  1. In fact, many sympathized with me for having to put up with such a neanderthal of a boss.
     实际上，很多人同情我不得不忍受这样一个粗鲁的老板。
  2. ...drunken neanderthals.
     醉酒的粗汉

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