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neuter/ˈnju:tə/ adj., n. & v.●adj. 1 Gram. (of a noun etc.) neither masculine nor feminine 【语法】(名词等)中性的 2 (of a plant) having neither pistils nor stamen (植物)无蕊的 3 (of an insect, animal, etc.) sexually undeveloped; castrated or spayed (昆虫或动物等)性未发育成熟的；被阉割的；被取掉卵巢的 ●n. 1 Gram. a neuter word 【语法】中性词 2a a non-fertile insect, esp. a worker bee or ant 不能繁殖的昆虫(尤指工蜂或工蚁) b a castrated animal 被阉割了的动物 ●v. tr. castrate or spay 阉割；取掉卵巢 [Middle English from Old French neutre or Latin neuter ‘neither’, from ne- ‘not’ + uter ‘either’] |