neuter

英 [ˈnjuːtə(r)]

美 [ˈnuːtər]

adj.  中性的
v.  阉割(动物); 使失去作用

过去分词：neutered　过去式：neutered　现在分词：neutering　复数：neuters　第三人称单数：neuters　

BNC.35574 / COCA.25438

牛津词典

adj.

• 中性的
  belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns, adjectives or verbs whose gender is not feminine or masculine
  1. The Polish word for ‘window’ is neuter.
     波兰语里“窗户”一词是中性的。

verb

• 阉割（动物）
  to remove part of the sex organs of an animal so that it cannot produce young
  1. Has your cat been neutered?
     你家的猫阉过了吗？
• 使失去作用
  to prevent sth from having the effect that it ought to have

柯林斯词典

• VERB 阉割;给(动物)绝育
  When an animalis neutered, its reproductive organs are removed so that it cannot create babies.
  1. We ask the public to have their dogs neutered and keep them under close supervision.
     我们要求公众为自家的狗做绝育手术，并严格看管。
• VERB 使无效;使无权
  Toneuteran organization, group, or person means to make them powerless and ineffective.
  1. ...the Government's 'hidden agenda' to neuter local authorities...
     削夺地方政府权力的政府“秘密议程”
  2. Their air force had been neutered before the work began.
     任务开始之前他们的空军就已经丧失了威力。
• (某些语言中名词、代词、形容词等)中性的
  In some languages, aneuternoun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a masculine or feminine one, or behaves in a different way.

英英释义

noun

• a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)

verb

• remove the ovaries of
  1. Is your cat spayed?
  Synonym:alterspaycastrate

adj

• of grammatical gender
  1. `it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun
• having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
  Synonym:sexless

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