circumcise
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cir·cum·cise /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪz $ ˈsɜːr-/ verb [transitive] 1. HBRRto cut off the skin at the end of the penis (=male sex organ) 割去〔男性〕的包皮2. HBHto cut off a woman’s clitoris (=part of her sex organs) 切除〔女性〕的阴蒂→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
circumcise• And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.• At boys' initiation ceremonies, a Mukula log is put near the place where they are circumcised.• Every man child among you shall be circumcised.• Some of the boys were up to 13 years old and some of the women had been forcibly circumcised.• Will his foreskin loosen up or should I have him circumcised?• Robin's father remembered being circumcised after his father's death, when he was seven.• And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.• If this rate operated annually then 5.6% of boys aged 17 would be circumcised - not substantially different from the Mersey figure.Origin circumcise (1200-1300) Latin past participle of circumcidere, from circum- (CIRCUM-) + caedere “to cut”cir·cum·cise verbChineseSyllable
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circumcise
cir‧cum‧cise /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪz $ ˈsɜːr-/
verb [transitive]
2. to cut off a woman’s clitoris (=part of her sex organs)
cir‧cum‧cise /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪz $ ˈsɜːr-/
verb [transitive] Date: 1200-1300
Language: Latin
Origin: past participle of circumcidere, from circum- (CIRCUM-) + caedere 'to cut'
1. to cut off the skin at the end of the penis (=male sex organ)Language: Latin
Origin: past participle of circumcidere, from circum- (CIRCUM-) + caedere 'to cut'
2. to cut off a woman’s clitoris (=part of her sex organs)