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词汇 butch
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Definition of butch in English:

butch

adjectivebʊtʃbʊtʃ
informal
  • Having an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as masculine.

    a butch woman in a baseball cap
    butch men and feisty women
    there might be some butch firefighters on their way over!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is some sort of former light industrial building that has been transformed with butch know-how.
    • And should your butch man of the hour sign up for rebirthing classes to overcome trauma he suffered in the womb, you'll volunteer to drive him there.
    • The big lights, butch bulges and metallic paint are designed to be brash, flash and funky.
    • We have butch guys, and guys who are really into clubbing - the whole spectrum.
    • And how is the knowledge that all gay men aren't effeminate and all straight men aren't butch going to help you pick between the men exactly?
    • The good news, what there is of it, is that the few remaining teeth that I do have are apparently good teeth, strong teeth, firm, manly, positively butch teeth.
    • Trying on sunglasses, I'm surprised by how butch my face is.
    • No, no, the Greeks have stuck a load of butch canoeists to paddle up and down on it.
    • It's not sore - I just sound very butch and can't sing very well.
    • Venison with braised red cabbage sounds like a hefty, butch dish.
    • An original touch, however, is the shovel-grip handbrake, which saves space as well as feeling quite butch.
    • In the restlessly nurturing mind's eye of my mother, there resides a vastly better lighted and less deliberately butch apartment that is organized to be shared with a member of the opposite sex.
    • I always wanted to make proper films, butch films with lots of big trucks and big sweaty sparks and do it properly.
    • Number one: while I personally quite like butch women, it's not a taste that's shared by every woman in the world - or even most of them.
    • I was riding along towards home, wondering if the passing car drivers were looking on in awe thinking how butch I looked.
    • This is tough, concise, and, if I may, butch movie-making, and I love it.
    • After decades of associating Democrats with failed masculinity, the Republicans are faced with an opponent who knows how to put on a butch display.
    • You boys did all the butch stuff, and I filed my CD collection.
    • Like all Republicans, he had himself photographed in an elaborate costume, leaning on a very butch piece of heavy equipment.
    • Fry also goes through butch biker phases; for a previous interview with me he roared up in red and black leathers.
    Synonyms
    masculine, aggressively masculine, manly, all man, virile, red-blooded, swashbuckling
nounbʊtʃbʊtʃ
informal
  • A lesbian whose appearance and behaviour are seen as traditionally masculine.

    Compare with femme
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The resurgence of butch / femme identities in the lesbian community brings those differences front and center.
    • As two butches talk about their relationships, one (played by Dee) admits that she laid hands on her girlfriend ‘because I love her so.’
    • In a most unlikely departure from the ordinary, even the tough butch on a bike will be a tenderfoot when it comes to goodbyes.
    • I've always had problems with the butch / femme label thing.
    • It does serve as a short primer for folks not clear on the history of lesbian feminism and butch / femme dynamics, however.
    • Nearly all of those women who do like butches are lesbians.
    • Without a bi-sexual butch to cheer on, what will I do with myself?
    • I didn't mind, Josh and Derrick's friends were really sweet, even the butches, and they all pretty much respected the fact I was straight.
    • You see butches with butches but you never see butches with femmes anymore.
    • My friends are largely femmes who date only butches - so many of us have dated or at least slept with the same ones.
    • While I was avoiding political discussions, I was formulating political convictions and trying to figure out my own personal views on the butch / femme debate.
    • Also masculine females and feminine males - including butches and gay males considered to be ‘effeminate.’
    • And butches now find themselves suddenly ‘performing masculinities’ instead of carrying on a fine old regular roguish Dyke tradition like they thought they were doing.
    • It'll be slow for the mainstream to accept drag kings because butches are so feared and vilified.
    • I know that you're used to getting your way with butches and with boys just because you're a hot babe.
    • But I just can't see how any of that has anything to do with being a butch or a femme.
    • For instance, it's not hard to find personal ads that read, ‘Straight-looking, straight-acting only’ and ‘No butches or fatties.’
    • Allegedly, women today don't want a sensitive, caring partner, they want a butch, tough, man's man.
    • Paul's rejection of his sister's butch identity reflects his own internalized homophobia, yet this is complicated by their class differential as well.

Derivatives

  • butchy

  • adjective
    informal
    • I'm not a butchy looking dyke.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Connelly decides to seek out emotional truth in her role, and leaves the hysterics and butchy resolve to lesser scream queens.
      • Most of my female lovers have been pretty butchy.
      • Just don't use the terms "butchyfemme" or "femmey butch," because then I will have to come over and slap you with my vintage beaded gloves.
      • Look at that butchy walk!

Origin

1940s: perhaps an abbreviation of butcher.

Rhymes

putsch

Definition of butch in US English:

butch

adjectivebo͝oCHbʊtʃ
informal
  • Having an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as masculine.

    a butch woman in a baseball cap
    butch men and feisty women
    there might be some butch firefighters on their way over!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And should your butch man of the hour sign up for rebirthing classes to overcome trauma he suffered in the womb, you'll volunteer to drive him there.
    • An original touch, however, is the shovel-grip handbrake, which saves space as well as feeling quite butch.
    • The good news, what there is of it, is that the few remaining teeth that I do have are apparently good teeth, strong teeth, firm, manly, positively butch teeth.
    • It is some sort of former light industrial building that has been transformed with butch know-how.
    • You boys did all the butch stuff, and I filed my CD collection.
    • I was riding along towards home, wondering if the passing car drivers were looking on in awe thinking how butch I looked.
    • It's not sore - I just sound very butch and can't sing very well.
    • Venison with braised red cabbage sounds like a hefty, butch dish.
    • We have butch guys, and guys who are really into clubbing - the whole spectrum.
    • No, no, the Greeks have stuck a load of butch canoeists to paddle up and down on it.
    • After decades of associating Democrats with failed masculinity, the Republicans are faced with an opponent who knows how to put on a butch display.
    • Number one: while I personally quite like butch women, it's not a taste that's shared by every woman in the world - or even most of them.
    • The big lights, butch bulges and metallic paint are designed to be brash, flash and funky.
    • Like all Republicans, he had himself photographed in an elaborate costume, leaning on a very butch piece of heavy equipment.
    • In the restlessly nurturing mind's eye of my mother, there resides a vastly better lighted and less deliberately butch apartment that is organized to be shared with a member of the opposite sex.
    • And how is the knowledge that all gay men aren't effeminate and all straight men aren't butch going to help you pick between the men exactly?
    • I always wanted to make proper films, butch films with lots of big trucks and big sweaty sparks and do it properly.
    • Fry also goes through butch biker phases; for a previous interview with me he roared up in red and black leathers.
    • Trying on sunglasses, I'm surprised by how butch my face is.
    • This is tough, concise, and, if I may, butch movie-making, and I love it.
    Synonyms
    masculine, aggressively masculine, manly, all man, virile, red-blooded, swashbuckling
nounbo͝oCHbʊtʃ
informal
  • A lesbian whose appearance and behavior are seen as traditionally masculine.

    Compare with femme
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Without a bi-sexual butch to cheer on, what will I do with myself?
    • Nearly all of those women who do like butches are lesbians.
    • I've always had problems with the butch / femme label thing.
    • But I just can't see how any of that has anything to do with being a butch or a femme.
    • The resurgence of butch / femme identities in the lesbian community brings those differences front and center.
    • Also masculine females and feminine males - including butches and gay males considered to be ‘effeminate.’
    • For instance, it's not hard to find personal ads that read, ‘Straight-looking, straight-acting only’ and ‘No butches or fatties.’
    • My friends are largely femmes who date only butches - so many of us have dated or at least slept with the same ones.
    • And butches now find themselves suddenly ‘performing masculinities’ instead of carrying on a fine old regular roguish Dyke tradition like they thought they were doing.
    • It'll be slow for the mainstream to accept drag kings because butches are so feared and vilified.
    • In a most unlikely departure from the ordinary, even the tough butch on a bike will be a tenderfoot when it comes to goodbyes.
    • You see butches with butches but you never see butches with femmes anymore.
    • While I was avoiding political discussions, I was formulating political convictions and trying to figure out my own personal views on the butch / femme debate.
    • As two butches talk about their relationships, one (played by Dee) admits that she laid hands on her girlfriend ‘because I love her so.’
    • Allegedly, women today don't want a sensitive, caring partner, they want a butch, tough, man's man.
    • I know that you're used to getting your way with butches and with boys just because you're a hot babe.
    • I didn't mind, Josh and Derrick's friends were really sweet, even the butches, and they all pretty much respected the fact I was straight.
    • Paul's rejection of his sister's butch identity reflects his own internalized homophobia, yet this is complicated by their class differential as well.
    • It does serve as a short primer for folks not clear on the history of lesbian feminism and butch / femme dynamics, however.

Origin

1940s: perhaps an abbreviation of butcher.

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