neuter
美音:
[´nu:tə
]英音:
[´nu:tə
]adj.中性的,不及物的,(生物)无性的 n.中性名词,无性动物,阉割动物
难易程度:
neuter为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:neutered 过去分词:neutered 现在分词:neutering 第三人称单数:neuters
词根
neutr=neither(两者都不)
neuter
/'nju:tə(r); [US] 'nu:-; `nutɚ/
adj
1 (grammar) (of a word) neither masculine nor feminine in gender (指词)中性的
*a neuter noun 中性名词.
2 (of plants) having neither male nor female parts (指植物)无性的.
3 (of insects) sexually undeveloped; sterile (指昆虫)性机能未发育的, 不能生育的.
n
1 neuter noun or gender 中性名词; 中性.
2 (a) sexually undeveloped insect 性机能未发育的昆虫.
(b) castrated animal 已阉割的动物
*My cat is a neuter. 我的猫是阉过的.
v [Tn] castrate (an animal) 阉割(动物)
*a neutered tom-cat 去势的猫.