decapacitate

vt.除去(精子)使卵受精的能力

发音

UK /diːkəˈpæsɪteɪt/

词形变化

decapacitated decapacitates 三单 decapacitates decapacitating decapacitating 现在分词 decapacitated 过去式 decapacitated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To reduce something's or someone's capability to do something.

    Calcium bursts would increase spermatozoa motility, where cholesterol would decapacitate spermatozoa, so preventing untimely activation.

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin capāx Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin capācitāsder. Old French capacitebor. Middle English capacite English capacity Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English capacitate English decapacitate From de- + capacitate.

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