castrate

• vt. 閹割；刪除；去掉最重要的部分；使喪失力量

來自PIE *kes, 砍，切，進一步來自PIE*sek, 詞源同saw, segment。

castrate (v.)

1610s (implied in castrated), back-formation from castration (q.v.), or from Latin castratus, past participle of castrare. The figurative sense is attested earlier (1550s). Related: Castrating.

1. In the ancient world, it was probably rare to castrate a dog or cat.

古時可能很少對狗或貓進行閹割。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Castrate: To remove the testicles of a male; geld or emasculate.

閹割: 去除(雄性動物的)睾丸; 閹割或使無男子氣.

來自互聯網

3. To castrate ( a horse, for example ).

閹割 ( 比如, 一匹馬 )

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4. A teenaged boy had been brought to the emergency room after trying to castrate himself.

一個十多歲的男孩被抬到急診室,因為之前他試著閹割自己.

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