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

双语例句

• The Neanderthal man is one of our primordial ancestors.
  尼安德特人是我们的原始祖先。
• What` s the difference between Neanderthal man and Cro-Magnon man?
  尼安德特人和克罗马侬人的区别是什么？
• From lowly Neanderthal and cro-magnon, to early warriors, medieval knights.
  从猿人到早期的武士，中世纪的骑士。
• Drums beat incessantly-before, during and after a series of numbing, Neanderthal brawls between Batman and Bane.
  在蝙蝠侠与贝恩展开一系列令人目瞪口呆的野蛮战斗之前、之中及之后，一直鼓声不断。
• Researchers said that at their core, the male of the species had changed little since Neanderthal times, when reproduction was their prime objective.
  研究人员称，自穴居的尼安德特人时代起，繁衍后代就是雄性物种的主要目标，而至今他们依然没有太大的变化。
• A primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa.
  一种原始人，形似尼安德特人但生活在非洲。
• IF YOU found yourself in a cocktail bar with a Neanderthal man, what would he say?
  如果你在鸡尾酒吧遇见尼安德特人，他会说什么？
• Nevertheless Neanderthal man is thought to be man's closest relative.
  然而尼安德特人被认为是人类亲缘关系最近的物种。
• Neanderthal skulls also show evidence of a large hypoglossal canal.
  尼安得特人头盖骨也证明了存在大量的舌下神经管。
• Australopithecus, Cro-Magnon, Neanderthal are to name but three extinct species.
  南方古猿人、克罗马尼翁人、尼安得特尔人是三种灭绝物种的名字。