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- of or denoting a gender of nouns in some languages, typically contrasting with masculine and feminine or common(名词)中性的:
it is a neuter word in Greek.
它在希腊语中是个中性词。
2
- (of an animal) lacking developed sexual organs, or having had them removed(动物)无性的; 无生殖器的; 生殖器发育不全的。
2.1
- (of a plant or flower) having neither functional pistils nor functional stamens(植物, 花朵)无性的, 无蕊的。
2.2
- (of a person) apparently having no sexual characteristics; asexual(人)无性特征的; 无性的。
1
- Grammar a neuter word【语法】中性词。
1.1
the neuter
the neuter gender中性。
2
- a non-fertile caste of social insect, especially a worker bee or ant无繁殖能力的昆虫(尤指工蜂、工蚁)。
2.1
- a castrated or spayed domestic animal已阉割的家畜。
2.2
- a person who appears to lack sexual characteristics没有性特征的人。
with obj.
1- castrate or spay (a domestic animal)阉割(家畜):
as adj. neutered a neutered tomcat.一只阉割过的雄猫。
1.1
- render ineffective; deprive of vigour or force抵消; 使无效; 使丧失活力(或力量):
disarmament negotiations that will neuter their military power.
会削弱他们的军事力量的裁军谈判。
词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin neuter 'neither', from ne- 'not' + uter 'either'.