neanderthal

1. ADJ Neanderthal people lived in Europe between 35,000 and 70,000 years ago. (生活在3.5万年至7万年之前的欧洲的)尼安德特人[ADJ n]

Neanderthal man was able to kill woolly mammoths and bears. 尼安德特人能够捕杀长毛猛犸象和熊。

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)极端守旧的; 粗鲁的[usu ADJ n] [表不满]

Let us deal with the question of his notoriously Neanderthal attitude to women. 我们来看看他臭名昭著的、对女性态度粗鲁的问题。

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)粗鲁的人[表不满]

...drunken neanderthals. ...醉醺醺的粗汉。