プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
おとこ【男】
❶〔男子〕a man ((複 men));〔総称〕man(▼冠詞をつけない)
男の male
男親
a father
男向きの柄
patterns for gentlemen
男の友達が一人もいない
I have no men friends.
あの会社ではまだ女は男と差別されている
That company still discriminates 「between the sexes [against women].
このクラブは男専用です
This club is for men only./This is a stag club.
彼女はまだ男を知らない
She's never had a man./She's still a virgin.
男を使って店をやっている
She runs the store with a male employee.
男の中の男
a man among men
男の風上にもおけないやつだ
He is a disgrace to (all) men.
男なら当って砕けろ
Do or die if you are a man.
男は度胸
A man must have guts.
君を男と見込んで頼んでいるんだ
I ask this of you because I 「consider you a man [know you can do it].
おれも男だ
〔信義を重んずる〕I am a man of honor./〔男らしく振舞わねば〕I must act like a man.
❷〔やつ〕a fellow; a guy; a chap;《英》 a bloke
面白い男だ
He is an interesting [amusing] fellow.
❸〔情夫〕a lover
彼女には男ができたらしい
She seems to have a lover.
男が立つ
そうしてくれれば私の男が立つ
I can save face if you will do that for me.
男が廃る
そんなことをしたら男が廃る
If I did such a thing, it would reflect on my honor.
男を上げる
今度の仕事で彼は男を上げた
He enhanced his reputation 「with this job [by his recent work].
男を下げる
harm one's reputation/lose (one's) face