emasculate

vt. 阉割, 使柔弱 a. 阉割了的, 柔弱的

发音

UK /ɪˈmask.jʊlˌeɪt/
UK /ɪˈmask.jʊ.lət/
AU
其它
UK /ɪˈmask.jəˌleɪt/
UK /ɪˈmask.jə.lət/
US /əˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/
US /iˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/
US /iˈmæs.kjə.lət/

词形变化

emasculated emasculates 三单 emasculates emasculateth emasculating emasculating 现在分词 emasculated 过去式 emasculated 过去分词 more emasculate 比较级 most emasculate 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.

    To remove the entire male genitalia (the testicles, scrotum, and penis) of (a person or animal).

    及物
  3. 3.

    To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

    及物
  4. 4.

    Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.

    及物 生物 植物学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

castrate demasculinise demasculinize

上位词 8

fix weaken sterilize desex desexualise desexualize sterilise unsex

下位词 4

cut caponise caponize geld
形容词

同义词 5

sissy effeminate epicene sissified sissyish

近义相关 3

unmanly unmanful unmanlike

词源

From Medieval Latin ēmasculātus, perfect passive participle of ēmasculō (“to emasculate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ē(x)- (“out, from, apart”) + masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), further from mās (“a man, a male”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

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