Amputate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.截肢
• ［英］ v.截肢 ( to cut off an arm or leg by surgery)
• ［记］ am+put ( 切除) +ate -> 切除
• ［同］ 同根词: amputee ( 截肢者)
• ［例］ The doctors amputated the mangled ( 砍坏的) leg.

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-tated; -tating)

• Etymology: Latin amputatus, past participle of amputare, from am-, amb- around + putare to cut, prune — more at ambi-
• Date: 1612
• to remove by or as if by cutting; especially to cut (as a limb) from the body
• • amputation noun

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