Recent Examples on the WebAniston showed proof of her amazing mane on Instagram in July with a beach snap (above) that racked up more than 1.5 million likes and scores of compliments. Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022 Morby is thirty-four, with the exuberance and the golden mane of a cocker spaniel. Hannah Seidlitz, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022 Said announcement came with a photo of Sweeney as Poplin, a look defined by a headscarf, ample freckles, and the same mane of banged and burnished blonde that was clearly more than a trompe l'oeil set moment. Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2022 The most important horse in the cycle, Brünnhilde’s Grane, is, like the gold, here a real person: a tall, dependable, silent aide with an equine mane and beard.New York Times, 7 Aug. 2022 The hero brand image is a unicorn, whose mane touts different shades of brown (vanilla, caramel, and mocha) as opposed to the traditional iridescence associated with unicorns. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 15 June 2022 Everyone and their mom is going crazy over Robert Pattinson's new blonde mane on the Internet. Sara Miranda, Allure, 9 Feb. 2022 Susie Haszelbart drove a trailer just short of 2,000 miles from her ranch in Elizabeth, Colo., together with her 18-year-old pony-size Haflinger named Shasta, who looks a bit like a Palomino and has a flaxen mane and tail.New York Times, 14 July 2022 Lemaire left a drop pass, and Lafleur, in full flight with his dirty-blond mane streaming, stepped into a slapshot that left Boston goaltender Gilles Gilbert sprawled on his back. David Shoalts, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English manu; akin to Old High German mana mane, Latin monile necklace
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of mane was before the 12th century
ADJECTIVE | VERB + MANE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤flowing飄垂的長髮/鬃毛➤shaggy, tangled亂蓬蓬的長髮/鬃毛➤thick厚厚的長髮/鬃毛➤long長髮;長鬃毛➤silky柔滑的長髮/鬃毛➤black, silver, white, etc.黑色、銀色、白色等長髮/鬃毛VERB + MANE➤have留有長髮;長有鬃毛➤shake, toss甩動長髮/鬃毛◇She shook her mane of auburn hair.她甩了甩紅褐色的長髮。◇The horse tossed its flowing mane behind it.馬兒把飄垂的鬃毛甩到頸後。➤pat, stroke (especially BrE) 輕拍/撫摸長髮PREPOSITION➤mane of長而密的⋯頭髮◇He has a mane of white hair.他滿頭長着長而濃密的白髮。PHRASES➤a horse's mane, a lion's mane馬鬃;獅鬃