单词 | neuter |
释义 | neuter /nooh"teuhr, nyooh"-/, adj. 1. Gram. a. noting or pertaining to a gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine. b. (of a verb) intransitive. 2. Biol. having no organs of reproduction; without sex; asexual. 3. Zool. having imperfectly developed sexual organs, as the worker bees and ants. 4. Bot. having neither stamens nor pistils; asexual. 5. neutral; siding with no one. n. 6. Gram. a. the neuter gender. b. a noun of that gender. c. another element marking that gender. d. an intransitive verb. 7. an animal made sterile by castration or spaying. 8. Zool. a neuter insect. 9. a person or thing that is neutral. v.t. 10. Vet. Sci. to spay or castrate (a dog, cat, etc.). [1350-1400; < L neuter neither (of two), equiv. to ne not + uter either (of two); r. ME neutre < MF < L, as above] |
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