emasculateadj.

/ɪˈmaskjʊlət/

Etymology: < Latin ēmasculātus, past participle of ēmasculāre : see emasculate v.

= emasculated adj.

a. Castrated, deprived of virility. In lit. sense chiefly quasi-n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun] > castration > person

geldinga1382

eunuchc1430

spadoc1430

chastelinga1570

capon1594

castrate1639

spade1680

wether1724

demi-male1728

androgyne1742

castrato1763

hijra1838

emasculate1886

half-man-

1886 Homilet. Rev. Nov. 403 The kadeshim or emasculates.

b. figurative. Unmanly, deprived of vigour; weak, effeminate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective]

womanly?c1225

ferbleta1300

effeminatea1393

nicea1393

softc1450

manlessa1529

unmanly1534

cockney1573

effeminated1580

unmanlikea1586

milky1602

enervate1603

womanizing1615

emasculate1622

womanized1624

softly1643

womanlish1647

unmasculine1649

emollid1656

ladylike1656

enervated1660

emasculated1701

petticoated1708

tea-faced1728

effeminized1789

invirile1870

epicene1881

sissyish1889

sissified1898

devirilized1901

cockless1902

camp1909

pansy1929

campy1932

queenly1933

poncy1937

pansyish1941

swishy1941

moffie1954

poofy1956

femme1963

poofed-up1964

minty1965

ponced-up1970

lavender1979

1622 H. Sydenham Serm. (1637) 259 Of Spirits emasculate and sick.

1752 C. Smart Hop Garden With love Emasculate, and wine.

1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. 1st Ser. vi. 90 Too emasculate to trudge through cold and rain.

1867 Contemp. Rev. 6 169 German architecture is at once eclectic, scholarly, and emasculate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

emasculatev.

/ɪˈmaskjʊleɪt/

Etymology: < Latin ēmasculāt-, participial stem of ēmasculāre to castrate, < ē out + masculus, diminutive of mas male.

1. transitive. To deprive of virility, to castrate (a male person or animal).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)] > castrate or spay > castrate

geldc1225

lib1396

cut1465

castrate1609

delumbate1609

enervate1610

unstone1611

gliba1616

evirate1621

emasculate1623

capon1630

eunuchize1634

eunuchate1646

caponize1654

unpollux1654

eunucha1658

unman1657

dismember1697

saturnized1846

nut1916

knacker1936

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Emasculate, to geld.

1662 J. Graunt Nat. & Polit. Observ. Bills Mortality viii. 48 If you emasculate fewer [lambs].

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 104 Another invention..was that of emasculating men.

1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 417 Young cocks should be emasculated at three months old.

a. transferred and figurative. To deprive of strength and vigour; to weaken, make effeminate and cowardly; to enfeeble, impoverish (language).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of power > deprive of power [verb (transitive)] > reduce the power of

weaken1530

to shorten the arm or hand of1535

weaken1568

emasculate1608

to pare the claws of1884

defang1919

declaw1940

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > weaken [verb (transitive)]

water1529

emasculate1608

wire-draw1660

to water down1832

to write down1876

sanitize1934

pasteurize1951

saccharinize1971

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 79 [Drones] lacking their sting, and by that defect, being as is [sic] were ema [s] culated.

1652 Bp. S. Patrick Funeral Serm. in J. Smith Sel. Disc. 555 Do not..enervate your souls..do not emasculate them.

1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 103 'Tis the want of Salt, which emasculates the virtue of Seeds.

1775 T. Sheridan Lect. Art of Reading I. ii. 88 The French have emasculated their tongue.

1858 T. De Quincey Protestantism (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay VIII. 125 Is the lightning dimmed or emasculated..?

1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 296 A religion without thought is emasculated.

b. esp. To take the force out of (literary compositions) by removing what is supposed to be indecorous or offensive.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > post-printing processes > [verb (transitive)] > make imperfect, cut off or destroy part of book

mutilate1534

castrate1627

emasculate1756

bowdlerize1836

pith1852

1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. v. 264 Pieces, that are not emasculated with this epidemical effeminacy.

1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 395 How Gifford mutilates and emasculates my reviews.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xviii. 269 I..consented to emasculate my poems.

†3. intransitive. (See quot. 1646) Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (intransitive)] > be castrated

emasculate1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xvii. 147 Mutation of sexes..[is] observable in man..though very few..have emasculated or turned women.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	emasculate
释义	emasculateadj. /ɪˈmaskjʊlət/ Etymology: < Latin ēmasculātus, past participle of ēmasculāre : see emasculate v. = emasculated adj. a. Castrated, deprived of virility. In lit. sense chiefly quasi-n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun] > castration > person geldinga1382 eunuchc1430 spadoc1430 chastelinga1570 capon1594 castrate1639 spade1680 wether1724 demi-male1728 androgyne1742 castrato1763 hijra1838 emasculate1886 half-man- 1886 Homilet. Rev. Nov. 403 The kadeshim or emasculates. b. figurative. Unmanly, deprived of vigour; weak, effeminate. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective] womanly?c1225 ferbleta1300 effeminatea1393 nicea1393 softc1450 manlessa1529 unmanly1534 cockney1573 effeminated1580 unmanlikea1586 milky1602 enervate1603 womanizing1615 emasculate1622 womanized1624 softly1643 womanlish1647 unmasculine1649 emollid1656 ladylike1656 enervated1660 emasculated1701 petticoated1708 tea-faced1728 effeminized1789 invirile1870 epicene1881 sissyish1889 sissified1898 devirilized1901 cockless1902 camp1909 pansy1929 campy1932 queenly1933 poncy1937 pansyish1941 swishy1941 moffie1954 poofy1956 femme1963 poofed-up1964 minty1965 ponced-up1970 lavender1979 1622 H. Sydenham Serm. (1637) 259 Of Spirits emasculate and sick. 1752 C. Smart Hop Garden With love Emasculate, and wine. 1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. 1st Ser. vi. 90 Too emasculate to trudge through cold and rain. 1867 Contemp. Rev. 6 169 German architecture is at once eclectic, scholarly, and emasculate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). emasculatev. /ɪˈmaskjʊleɪt/ Etymology: < Latin ēmasculāt-, participial stem of ēmasculāre to castrate, < ē out + masculus, diminutive of mas male. 1. transitive. To deprive of virility, to castrate (a male person or animal). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)] > castrate or spay > castrate geldc1225 lib1396 cut1465 castrate1609 delumbate1609 enervate1610 unstone1611 gliba1616 evirate1621 emasculate1623 capon1630 eunuchize1634 eunuchate1646 caponize1654 unpollux1654 eunucha1658 unman1657 dismember1697 saturnized1846 nut1916 knacker1936 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Emasculate, to geld. 1662 J. Graunt Nat. & Polit. Observ. Bills Mortality viii. 48 If you emasculate fewer [lambs]. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 104 Another invention..was that of emasculating men. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 417 Young cocks should be emasculated at three months old. 2. a. transferred and figurative. To deprive of strength and vigour; to weaken, make effeminate and cowardly; to enfeeble, impoverish (language). ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of power > deprive of power [verb (transitive)] > reduce the power of weaken1530 to shorten the arm or hand of1535 weaken1568 emasculate1608 to pare the claws of1884 defang1919 declaw1940 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > weaken [verb (transitive)] water1529 emasculate1608 wire-draw1660 to water down1832 to write down1876 sanitize1934 pasteurize1951 saccharinize1971 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 79 [Drones] lacking their sting, and by that defect, being as is [sic] were ema [s] culated. 1652 Bp. S. Patrick Funeral Serm. in J. Smith Sel. Disc. 555 Do not..enervate your souls..do not emasculate them. 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 103 'Tis the want of Salt, which emasculates the virtue of Seeds. 1775 T. Sheridan Lect. Art of Reading I. ii. 88 The French have emasculated their tongue. 1858 T. De Quincey Protestantism (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay VIII. 125 Is the lightning dimmed or emasculated..? 1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 296 A religion without thought is emasculated. b. esp. To take the force out of (literary compositions) by removing what is supposed to be indecorous or offensive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > post-printing processes > [verb (transitive)] > make imperfect, cut off or destroy part of book mutilate1534 castrate1627 emasculate1756 bowdlerize1836 pith1852 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. v. 264 Pieces, that are not emasculated with this epidemical effeminacy. 1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 395 How Gifford mutilates and emasculates my reviews. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xviii. 269 I..consented to emasculate my poems. †3. intransitive. (See quot. 1646) Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (intransitive)] > be castrated emasculate1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xvii. 147 Mutation of sexes..[is] observable in man..though very few..have emasculated or turned women. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1622v.1608
随便看	to give rein to to give reins to give reins to to give repulse to give requite into one's bosom to give resolve to to give response to give reward to give rise to to give road to give roast meat and beat etc with the spit to give roast meat and beat her with the spit to give roast meat and beat him with the spit to give roast meat and beat with the spit to give room to give running shoes to give satisfaction to give sauce to give scarf to give scope to give scope to a person to give scope to a thing to give sea-room to give searoom to give security