| 单词 | castrate |
| 释义 | castrate (once / 7505 pages) vn To castrate a male animal is to surgically remove its testicles. A veterinarian castrates a male dog to ensure that it can't mate with a female and produce unwanted puppies. People often choose to castrate pets or farm animals to keep them from reproducing. Castrate is one of several words used to refer to this process; most pet owners prefer terms such as neuter or fix. Castrate comes from a Latin root, castrare, which means not just "to castrate," but also "to prune." The word has also come to mean "to take away strength." WORD FAMILYcastrate: castrated, castrates, castrating, castration+/castrated: uncastrated/castration: castrations USAGE EXAMPLESTraveling to another pasture, the Perrons look out over the barrows, or castrated male pigs, and their American guinea boars. Washington Times(Nov 29, 2016) Biton accused the prosecution of “castrating the army” by second-guessing a soldier’s action in the field. Washington Post(Nov 01, 2016) He is castrated, turned into a eunuch, and taken to Algiers. National Geographic(Oct 30, 2016) 1v remove the testicles of a male animal Syn|Hypo|Hyper demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate caponise, caponize convert a cock into a capon cut, geldcut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses) desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex make infertile 2v remove the ovaries of Syn|Hypo|Hyper alter, neuter, spay defeminise, defeminize remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex make infertile 3v deprive of strength or vigor Syn|Hyper emasculate weaken lessen the strength of 4v edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate Syn|Hyper bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten reduce in scope while retaining essential elements 5n a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction Syn|Hyper eunuch adult male, man an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) |
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