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

• 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。
• The friend with neuter skin to make the skin of the basic law, the daily maintenance routine life, maintain the best victory.
  拥有中性皮肤的朋友要做好肌肤基础的日常保养，生活作息规律，保持最佳的胜利状态。
• 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。
• There are three genders in germanmasculine, feminine and neuter.
  德语中有三性阳性、阴性和中性。
• Whenever the singular or plural number, or the masculine, feminine or neuter gender is used in these articles, it shall equally, where the context admits, include the others.
  无论本《公司章程》中使用的词是单数、复数，阴性、阳性还是中性，根据上下文，彼此都应该互相包含。
• To solve the problems with overpopulation, there is an easy and effective way: trap, neuter and release.
  解决猫群数量膨胀的问题，有一个简单有效的方法：抓捕，绝育，放归。
• I'll neuter you right here.
  我就在这儿就把你阉了。
• 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。
• In India, there is preliminary data that capture, neuter, vaccinate, and release programs may be able to eliminate human rabies as a serious problem.
  在印度，有夺取的初步数据，中性，接种，并且发行节目也许能消灭人的狂犬病作为一个严重的问题。
• 'it'is the third-person singular neuter pronoun.
  'it'是单数第三人称的中性代名词。