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emasculate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/iˈmaskyəˌlāt/,
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emasculated, past participle; emasculates, 3rd person singular present; emasculating, present participle; emasculated, past tense;
  1. Make (a person, idea, or piece of legislation) weaker or less effective
    • - our winner-take-all elections emasculate fringe parties
  2. Deprive (a man) of his male role or identity
    • - he feels emasculated because he cannot control his sons' behavior
  3. Castrate (a man or male animal)

  4. Remove the anthers from a flower

  1. deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law"
  2. effeminate: having unsuitable feminine qualities
  3. remove the testicles of a male animal
  4. (emasculation) loss of power and masculinity
  5. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate; to geld; To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness; Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak
  6. (emasculation) 1. In plants, the removal of male flowers or anthers to prevent self-pollination, such as removing tassels from corn, Zea mays, for hybridization. 2. In animals, castration, the removal of testicles, as done with some bulls to turn them into steers to produce tender meat.
  7. [v] to deprive of manhood, to humiliate