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单词 castration
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Definition of castration in English:

castration

noun kaˈstreɪʃ(ə)nkæˈstreɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1The removal of the testicles of a male animal or man.

    the castration of male calves was initiated to reduce fighting
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was a crime punishable by castration in seven states.
    • If Parliament won't bring back the death penalty, we might have to settle for compulsory castration or locking offenders away until they die.
    • I began to tell her stories that involved castrations and how men have all their power and strength tied up in their testicles.
    • In medical practice, castration is sometimes used in the treatment of prostate cancer.
    • At the moment of castration of a potentially great polo pony, the sperm can be collected and frozen.
    • In the musical tradition of the early modern period in Europe, the castration of young male singers provided a higher-pitched voice to sing soprano roles.
    • The castration of the enemy or the enemy's corpse in some societies was a means of transferring the power of the male warrior to the victor.
    • The technology platform also provides a nonsurgical alternative to castration for pets.
    • The veteran is later beaten and threatened with castration.
    • This sect, which practiced castration of its members, existed until the early 1900s.
    1. 1.1 The state of being deprived of power, vitality, or vigour.
      the inability to afford technology is economic castration
      Example sentencesExamples
      • With the recognition of verbal castration comes self-disgust.
      • We need to blame someone for the emotional castration we suffered.
      • If they are untroubled by the castration of the system of checks and balances, they give the bureaucracy a monopoly of power and make it unaccountable to the people.
      • It was just another notch in the belt for that administration's systematic castration of our government's conception of separation of powers.
      • The act of limiting and controlling oneself here is not a castration of liberty.
 
 

Definition of castration in US English:

castration

nounkæˈstreɪʃ(ə)nkaˈstrāSH(ə)n
  • 1The removal of the testicles of a male animal or man.

    the castration of male calves was initiated to reduce fighting
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The technology platform also provides a nonsurgical alternative to castration for pets.
    • At the moment of castration of a potentially great polo pony, the sperm can be collected and frozen.
    • In medical practice, castration is sometimes used in the treatment of prostate cancer.
    • In the musical tradition of the early modern period in Europe, the castration of young male singers provided a higher-pitched voice to sing soprano roles.
    • This sect, which practiced castration of its members, existed until the early 1900s.
    • I began to tell her stories that involved castrations and how men have all their power and strength tied up in their testicles.
    • The castration of the enemy or the enemy's corpse in some societies was a means of transferring the power of the male warrior to the victor.
    • If Parliament won't bring back the death penalty, we might have to settle for compulsory castration or locking offenders away until they die.
    • The veteran is later beaten and threatened with castration.
    • It was a crime punishable by castration in seven states.
    1. 1.1 The state of being deprived of power, vitality, or vigor.
      the inability to afford technology is economic castration
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The act of limiting and controlling oneself here is not a castration of liberty.
      • We need to blame someone for the emotional castration we suffered.
      • It was just another notch in the belt for that administration's systematic castration of our government's conception of separation of powers.
      • With the recognition of verbal castration comes self-disgust.
      • If they are untroubled by the castration of the system of checks and balances, they give the bureaucracy a monopoly of power and make it unaccountable to the people.
 
 
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