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

• There are three genders in germanmasculine, feminine and neuter.
  德语中有三性阳性、阴性和中性。
• 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。
• Gender theory explains, neuter is a kind of "sex", and it ignores the objective existence of gender differences.
  性别理论上解释说，中性化是一种“无性化”，它忽略了客观存在的男女性别差异。
• It's really important to spay or neuter your pets.
  为你的宠物实施切除卵巢或阉割手术非常重要。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 'it'is the third-person singular neuter pronoun.
  'it'是单数第三人称的中性代名词。
• 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。