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

双语例句

• 'it'is the third-person singular neuter pronoun.
  'it'是单数第三人称的中性代名词。
• Neuter skin: neutral skin belongs to a hundred of natural beauty, do not appear white oil, the red aesthetic feeling, fine skin pores.
  中性肌肤：中性皮肤属于百年一见的天生丽质，不干不油，呈现白里透红的美感，肤质细腻，毛孔较小。
• In fact, the concept of karma in Buddhism is neither commentary nor derogatory, but a neuter noun.
  从佛教业力的概念来看，实际上属于中性词，本无所谓褒贬。
• Today, somebody called me a neuter.
  今天，有人就开始叫我是无性动物。
• Neuter and tonal ash, white, black can with any tonal collocation.
  中性色调的灰、白、黑可以与任何色调搭配。
• Suddenly I am attributing to neuter flesh, values!
  我突然在把膘归结为中性的肉、价值！
• As used herein, the singular and plural each includes the other, the masculine, feminine and neuter each include the others, and these Bylaws shall be read accordingly when required by the facts.
  在这里引用到的，每个词语的单数及复数，词性的阳性、阴性及中性，本章程将根据实际情况相应地被阅读。
• I'll neuter you right here.
  我就在这儿就把你阉了。
• I shall be impartial, though I can not be neuter.
  虽然我不能保持中立，我也不偏袒任何一方。
• The primary objective of any Western offensive would be to neuter their war machine.
  西方进攻的主要目标是摧毁他们的战争机器。