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

• 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。
• The primary objective of any Western offensive would be to neuter their war machine.
  西方进攻的主要目标是摧毁他们的战争机器。
• The masculine shall include the feminine and neuter and references to persons shall include corporations and all legal entities capable of having a legal existence.
  男性字词已包括女性字词和中性字词，提及的人应包括公司和所有合法存在的具有法律能力的实体。
• Lymphocyte is much, monocyte is much, neuter cell rate is low, what problem be?
  淋巴细胞多，单核细胞多，中性细胞比率低，是什么问题？
• Suggest neuter is used to oily skin, or summerly fall is used.
  建议中性至油性肌肤使用，或者是夏秋季使用。
• Of the green of tundra, glacier ashen the neuter color with ice and snow and brunet form bright contrast, build those who give a kind of lasting and wide extensive is calm.
  苔原的绿色、冰川的灰白和冰雪的中性色与深色形成鲜明对比，营造出一种永恒而宽泛的沉静。
• 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。
• There is a simple solution to reduce the needless killing of animals-Spay and Neuter your pet.
  一个很简单的方法来减少不须要的杀害动物-结扎你的动物。
• Additional, neuter colorific is used inside the study, mediate a concise and friendly atmosphere.
  另外，书房内中性色彩的使用，调和出简洁而亲切的气氛。
• Today, somebody called me a neuter.
  今天，有人就开始叫我是无性动物。