masculine: applies to qualities or attributes or attitudes characteristic of men and not shared by women: a ~ physique.


male: is broadly applicable to plants, animals, and persons and stresses the fact of sex: a ~ tiger.


manly: suggests the qualities of the mature man, especially the finer qualities of a man or the powers and skills that come with maturity: wounded his ~ pride.      (finer qualities优点)


manlike: is more likely to suggest characteristically masculine faults and foibles: exhibited a thoroughly ~ disregard for details; but sometimes its reference is to human beings in general and then it suggests resemblance to the human kind: an early hominid, vaguely ~ in appearance.   (hominid人科动物: family of Hominidae)


mannish: is often used derogatorily in situations in which womanliness might naturally be expected or wanted: adopted an aggressively ~ stance; but in more neutral use, especially as applied to styles and dress, it carries little more than a suggestion of actual masculinity: dressed nattily in a ~ suit of tweed.


manful: stresses sturdiness and resolution: a ~ effort to achieve success.     sturdy坚强结实，指人意志坚强或体格壮实，如a sturdy a athlete壮实的运动员  resolute坚决，指做事坚持不放弃   （本词manful有男人气概，强烈褒义。"气概"是在对待重大问题上表现的态度举动或气势，尤指正直豪迈的态度，如本例努力取得成功的豪迈态度）


virile: suggests the qualities of fully developed manhood but is at once stronger in emphasis and more specific in many of its applications than manly or masculine: a man of eighty yet still strong and ~; and in more general applications is likely to imply manful vigor: walked with a ~ stride.


masculine男人的强壮的: 指男人特有的、和女人不同的特征态度，male男性: 强调性别事实，广泛用于人和动植物，manly男子汉: 多指成熟男人的优点、如力量技巧，manlike男人似的: 多指男性的缺点小毛病，但有时泛指人类则表示象人类，mannish也是男人似的: 多贬义，用于本需要女人特质的情况，但也可仅表示男人的穿衣风格，manful男人气概: 强调坚强的坚决的态度，virile阳刚: 比manly和masculine更强调男人完全成熟，也表示男人有活力


记忆方法: 1) 首字母MMMMMMV，把V想成拉丁的5，6M想成6 Men，五六个男人<==阳刚

          2) 阳刚的意思是男人的mean of, characteristic of, or like a male, especially of the human species.首字母MMMMMMV，把V想成拉丁的5，6M想成6 Men，五六个男人<==阳刚