spay

vt. 取掉卵巢 [医] 切除卵巢

发音

UK /speɪ/
其它

词形变化

spays 复数 spays 三单 spaying 现在分词 spayed 过去式 spayed 过去分词 spade 过去式 spade 过去分词

别名

spaie spave spaye spey

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of spaying an animal.

  2. 1.

    Rare form of spayard.

    罕用
v.
  1. 1.

    To destroy or remove the ovaries or uterus (of a female animal) to prevent pregnancy.

    卵巢切除术

    及物

    We’re having our cat spayed as we don’t want her having kittens.

  2. 1.

    Alternative form of spae (to foretell or divine)

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

alter castrate neuter

上位词 7

fix sterilize desex desexualise desexualize sterilise unsex

下位词 2

defeminise defeminize

词源

From Middle English spayen, spaien, from the Anglo-Norman espeier, equivalent to the Old French espeer (“to cut with a sword”), from espee (“sword”), whence the Modern French épée.

来源：wiktionary