单词 | neuter |
释义 | Word Frequency neuter(ˈnjuːtə) adjective 1. grammar a. denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns which for the most part have inanimate referents or do not specify the sex of their referents b. (as noun) German "Mädchen" (meaning "girl'") is a neuter 2. (of animals and plants) having nonfunctional, underdeveloped, or absent reproductive organs 3. (of a person) asexual or genderless 4. giving no indication of sex or gender a neuter sort of name noun 5. an asexual or genderless person 6. a sexually underdeveloped female insect, such as a worker bee 7. a castrated animal, esp a domestic animal 8. a flower in which the stamens and pistil are absent or nonfunctional verb 9. (transitive) to castrate or spay (an animal) Word origin C14: from Latin, from ne not + uter either (of two) |
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