“emasculation”的英英意思

单词

emasculation

释义

emasculation|ɪˌmæskjuːˈleɪʃən|
[as if ad. L. ēmasculātiōn-em, noun of action f. ēmasculā-re to emasculate.]
1. The action or process of depriving of virility; the state of impotence.
1623Cockeram ii, A Gelding of a man, emasculation.1721–1800Bailey, Emasculation, a Gelding, Unmanning, or making Effeminate.1849Grote Greece (1862) V. ii. lxii. 367 Tying down the patient while the process of emasculation was being consummated.
2. fig. The depriving of force, vigour, or manliness; making weak or effeminate; prudish expurgation of a literary work.
1654Gayton Fest. Notes 22 The emasculations were some Scotch mans.1815Southey Lett. (1856) II. 393 As for his emasculations, they must be submitted to.1865Pall Mall G. 12 Oct. 1 Centuries of emasculation and oppression under foreign and domestic tyranny.1886J. W. Ebsworth in Roxb. Ball. (1886) VI. 198 This emasculation looks like the notorious Lady Wardlaw's handiwork.

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