neanderthal /niːˈændəθɔːl, -tɔːl/

• 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]

  例：

  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]

  例：

  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]

  例：

  ...drunken neanderthals.

  ...醉醺醺的粗汉。