with obj.
1- remove the testicles of (a male animal or man)割除（雄性动物或男子的）睾丸, 阉割, 将（雄性动物, 男子）去势。
1.1
- figurative deprive of power, vitality, or vigour〈喻〉使丧失力量（或活力、精力）：
a restrictive classicism would have castrated England's literature.
限制性的古典主义就可能会使英国文学失去活力。
- a man or male animal whose testicles have been removed被阉割的人（或动物）。
派生词
castration
nouncastrator
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin castrare.