英语词汇“emasculate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

emasculateemasculate /ɪˈmæskyəˌleɪt/ verb [transitive often passive]

ETYMOLOGYemasculate

Origin: 1600-1700 Latin emasculatus, past participle of emasculare, from masculus male

VERB TABLE

emasculate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	emasculate
	he, she, it	emasculates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	emasculated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have emasculated
	he, she, it	has emasculated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had emasculated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will emasculate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have emasculated

1to make someone or something weaker or less effective: The bill has been emasculated by Congress.2to make a man feel weaker and less male: Some men feel emasculated if they work for a woman.3medicine to remove all or part of a male’s sex organs SYN castrate—emasculation /ɪˌmæskyəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]