| 单词 | castrate |
| 释义 | castrate From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcastratecas‧trate /kæˈstreɪt $ ˈkæstreɪt/ verb [transitive]MHHBAto remove the testicles of a male animal or a man —castration /kæˈstreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscastrate• One of the young man's eyes had been gouged out and he had been castrated.• Store boss James Andrews was warned his sons would be castrated if he did not get the ransom.• In many such cases, vets often castrate the apparent aggressor, but this invariably makes matter a lot worse.• He had apparently adopted the Danakil custom of castrating the dead and dying.• Every two or three years the family organises a festival for branding the calves and castrating the young bulls.Origin castrate (1400-1500) Latin past participle of castrare |
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