Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense neuters, present participle neutering, past tense, past participle neutered
1VERB [usually passive]閹割;給(動物)絕育 When an animal is neutered, its reproductive organs are removed so that it cannot create babies. 閹割;給(動物)絕育
We ask the public to have their dogs neutered and keep them under close supervision. [have noun VERB-ed]
我們要求公衆爲自家的狗做絕育手術,並嚴格看管。
2VERB 使無效;使無權 To neuter an organization, group, or person means to make them powerless and ineffective. 使無效;使無權 [mainly British, journalism]
...the Government's 'hidden agenda' to neuter local authorities. [VERB noun]
削奪地方政府權力的政府“秘密議程”
Their air force had been neutered before the work began. [beVERB-ed]
任務開始之前他們的空軍就已經喪失了威力。
3ADJ (某些語言中名詞、代詞、形容詞等)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. (某些語言中名詞、代詞、形容詞等)中性的