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castrate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cas·trate /kæˈstreɪt $ ˈkæstreɪt/ verb [transitive]  MHHBAto remove the testicles of a male animal or a man 阉割〔雄性动物或男性〕castration /kæˈstreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
castrateOne of the young man's eyes had been gouged out and he had been castrated.The guide picked up the rifle, shot and castrated him, and made off.Store boss James Andrews was warned his sons would be castrated if he did not get the ransom.In many such cases, vets often castrate the apparent aggressor, but this invariably makes matter a lot worse.He had apparently adopted the Danakil custom of castrating the dead and dying.The farmer may castrate the excess bulls, creating steers, or slaughter them.Every two or three years the family organises a festival for branding the calves and castrating the young bulls.
Origin castrate (1400-1500) Latin past participle of castrare
cas·trate verbChineseSyllable
the remove Corpus or of animal to male a testicles


castrate
castrate /kæˈstreɪt $ ˈkæstreɪt/ verb [transitive]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Latin
 Origin: past participle of castrare
to remove the testicles of a male animal or a man
—castration /kæˈstreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]


cas·trateBrE /kæˈstreɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkæstreɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they castrate BrE /kæˈstreɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkæstreɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it castrates BrE /kæˈstreɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkæstreɪts/ 🔊past simple castrated BrE /kæˈstreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkæstreɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle castrated BrE /kæˈstreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkæstreɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form castrating BrE /kæˈstreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkæstreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth/sb to remove the testicles of a male animal or person 割除(男子或雄性动物)的睾丸;阉割 cas·tra·tion BrE /kæˈstreɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /kæˈstreɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable]