Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense neuters, present participle neutering, past tense, past participle neutered
1VERB [usually passive]阉割;给(动物)绝育 When an animal is neutered, its reproductive organs are removed so that it cannot create babies. 阉割;给(动物)绝育
We ask the public to have their dogs neutered and keep them under close supervision. [have noun VERB-ed]
我们要求公众为自家的狗做绝育手术,并严格看管。
2VERB 使无效;使无权 To neuter an organization, group, or person means to make them powerless and ineffective. 使无效;使无权 [mainly British, journalism]
...the Government's 'hidden agenda' to neuter local authorities. [VERB noun]
削夺地方政府权力的政府“秘密议程”
Their air force had been neutered before the work began. [beVERB-ed]
任务开始之前他们的空军就已经丧失了威力。
3ADJ (某些语言中名词、代词、形容词等)中性的 In some languages, a neuter noun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a masculine or feminine one, or behaves in a different way. (某些语言中名词、代词、形容词等)中性的