eunuchs

英 [ˈjuːnəks]

美 [ˈjunəks]

n.  阉人; 太监; 宦官; 无权力(或影响)的人
eunuch的复数

柯林斯词典

• 太监;阉人
  Aeunuchis a man who has had his testicles removed.

双语例句

• For some are eunuchs because they were born that way; others were made that way by men; and others have renounced marriage [ 3] because of the kingdom of heaven.
  因为有生来是阉人，也有被人阉的，并有为天国的缘故自阉的。
• The list of luminary eunuchs also includes Cai Lun ( 60-121), who is revered in China as the inventor of paper.
  杰出的太监名单中还包括蔡伦（60-121），作为造纸术的发明者备受尊敬。
• Here lived the concubines and eunuchs.
  妃嫔和太监们都住在这里。
• Records of eunuchs have been found in ancient Greece, Egypt, Rome, Turkey and Persia, but none of the other countries maintained the system for long.
  宦官的记录被发现于古希腊、古埃及、古罗马、土耳其和波斯帝国，然而没有其他国家维持这个制度太长时间。
• Wang Yangming, a philosopher in the Ming Dynasty, was once demoted to be a minor official in Longchang, Guizhou Province for opposing the eunuchs.
  明代哲学家王阳明早年因反对朝廷宦官，一度被贬为贵州龙场驿丞。
• The eunuch clique was so powerful, yet corrupt, that when Li Zicheng, the leader of an uprising during the late Ming dynasty, finally conquered the capital city, he kicked out all the eunuchs.
  太监集团非常强大，而且腐败，直到当李自成（明末起义军的首领）终于攻破了明朝首都，他除掉了所有的太监。
• Yet, despite its low profile, any man who walks into the little exhibition hall will no doubt feel a chill down his spine: it's a museum dedicated to China's2,000-year history of eunuchs.
  然而，尽管它低调，但任何走进小展厅的男人无疑会感到脊背升起一丝寒意：这是一个专门介绍中国2000年宦官历史的博物馆。
• He had the mien of the chief of the eunuchs in the slave mart, discovering a Venus among the blowsy females, and the air of an amateur recognizing a Raphael in a heap of daubs.
  他当时的神态就象一个阉奴总管在奴隶市场的大肚皮女人堆中发现一个维纳斯，在劣等油画堆中识别一幅拉斐尔真迹的鉴赏家。
• There were thousands of eunuchs in the palace.
  宫里有成千的太监。
• The museum dedicated to China's2,000-year history of eunuchs displays a knife that was used in castration.
  博物馆专门介绍中国两千年宦官历史展示了一把专用于去势的刀子。