eviscerate
/ɪˈvɪsəreɪt/verb
with obj.
1- formal disembowel (a person or animal)〈正式〉取出(人或动物)的内脏:
the goat had been skinned and neatly eviscerated.
山羊被剥去了皮, 内脏被干净利落地取了出来。
1.1
- deprive (something) of its essential content抽去…的精华; 挫伤…的元气:
myriad little concessions that would eviscerate the project.
将会挫伤项目元气的无数个小的让步。
1.2
- Surgery remove the contents of the (eyeball)【外科】取出(眼球)内的东西。
派生词
evisceration
noun词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin eviscerat- 'disembowelled', from the verb eviscerare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out'+viscera 'internal organs'.