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eviscerate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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e·vis·ce·rate /ɪˈvɪsəreɪt/ verb [transitive] formal or technical  MHto cut the organs out of a person’s or animal’s body 切除〔人或动物〕的内脏
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eviscerateThe mine went up on the ridge, a great leaping core of compacted soil, the earth eviscerated.A narrative scene shows owl-headed figures using a crescent-shaped knife to eviscerate a victim.Peggy the Hun would not eviscerate him and might even give him some credit for brains.These were not the wizened and eviscerated pharaohs wrapped in yards of dusty gauze that one normally pictures when mummies are mentioned.
Origin eviscerate (1500-1600) Latin past participle of eviscerare, from viscera body organs
e·vis·ce·rate verbChineseSyllable
a or the organs cut person’s Corpus out to of


eviscerate
eviscerate /ɪˈvɪsəreɪt/ verb [transitive] formal or technical
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: past participle of eviscerare, from viscera 'body organs'
to cut the organs out of a person’s or animal’s body


evis·cer·ateBrE /ɪˈvɪsəreɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈvɪsəreɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they eviscerate BrE /ɪˈvɪsəreɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪˈvɪsəreɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it eviscerates BrE /ɪˈvɪsəreɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪˈvɪsəreɪts/ 🔊past simple eviscerated BrE /ɪˈvɪsəreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪˈvɪsəreɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle eviscerated BrE /ɪˈvɪsəreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪˈvɪsəreɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form eviscerating BrE /ɪˈvɪsəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪˈvɪsəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (formal) to remove the inner organs of a body 切除内脏;切除…的内部器官 SYN disembowel