Emasculate



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.削弱;阉割 adj. 柔弱的
• ［英］ v.削弱 ( weaken) ; 阉割 ( castrate) ;
• ［记］ e+mascul ( 男人) +ate -> 不让做男人 -> 阉割

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-lated; -lating)

• Etymology: Latin emasculatus, past participle of emasculare, from e- + masculus male — more at male
• Date: 1607
• 1. to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit ; weaken
• 2. to deprive of virility or procreative power ; castrate
• 3. to remove the androecium of (a flower) in the process of artificial cross-pollination
• Synonyms: see unnerve
• ? emasculate adjective
• ? emasculation noun
• ? emasculator noun

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