neanderthal

柯林斯词典

1. ADJ Neanderthal people lived in Europe between 35,000 and 70,000 years ago. (生活在3.5萬年至7萬年之前的歐洲的)尼安德特人[ADJ n]
Neanderthal man was able to kill woolly mammoths and bears. 尼安德特人能夠捕殺長毛猛獁象和熊。
2. N-COUNT You can refer to people from the Neanderthal period as Neanderthals. 尼安德特人[usu pl]
3. ADJ If you describe people's, especially men's, ideas or ways of behaving as Neanderthal, you disapprove of them because they are very old-fashioned and uncivilized. (尤指男性)極耑守舊的; 粗魯的[usu ADJ n] [表不滿]
Let us deal with the question of his notoriously Neanderthal attitude to women. 我們來看看他臭名昭著的、對女性態度粗魯的問題。
4. N-COUNT If you call a man a neanderthal, you disapprove of him because you think he behaves in a very uncivilized way. (指男性)粗魯的人[表不滿]
...drunken neanderthals. ...醉醺醺的粗漢。