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单词 neuter
释义
neuter1 adjectiveneuter2 verb
neuterneu‧ter1 /ˈnjuːtə $ ˈnuːtər/ adjective technical Word Origin
WORD ORIGINneuter1
Origin:
1300-1400 Latin ‘neither’, from ne- ‘not’ + uter ‘which of two’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Masculine, feminine and neuter are labels for formal properties and have nothing to do with what a word actually means.
  • Neither did I feel male, but rather neuter, as a child might feel itself to be neuter.
  • Paramour comes to mind, but that is a neuter term.
  • What is to be understood as female is something vague; indeed the Spirit is often designated as neuter.
word sets
WORD SETS
abbr., abbreviate, verbabbreviation, nounabstract noun, nounaccusative, nounactive, adjectiveadj., adjective, nounadv., adverb, nounadverbial, adjectiveaffix, nounantecedent, nounapposition, nounarticle, nounaspect, nounattributive, adjectiveaux., auxiliary, nounauxiliary verb, nouncase, nouncausal, adjectiveclause, nouncollective noun, nouncommon noun, nouncomparative, adjectivecomparison, nouncomplement, nouncomplex, adjectivecompound, nounconcord, nounconcrete noun, nounconditional, adjectiveconditional, nounconj., conjugate, verbconjugation, nounconjunction, nounconnective, nounconstruction, nouncontinuous, adjectivecontraction, nouncoordinate, adjectivecoordinating conjunction, nouncopula, nouncountable, adjectivecount noun, noundative, noundeclension, noundefinite article, noundemonstrative, adjectivedemonstrative pronoun, noundependent clause, noundeterminer, noundirect discourse, noundirect object, noundirect speech, noundisjunctive, adjectiveditransitive, adjectivedouble negative, noun-ed, suffixending, noun-est, suffix-eth, suffixfeminine, adjectivefinite, adjectiveform, nounfunction word, nounfuture, adjectivegender, noungenitive, noungerund, noungradable, adjectivegrammar, noungrammarian, noungrammatical, adjectivehistoric present, nounhomonym, nounhomophone, nounimperative, adjectiveimperative, nounimpersonal, adjectiveindefinite article, nounindependent clause, nounindicative, nounindicative, adjectiveindirect discourse, nounindirect object, nounindirect speech, nouninfinitive, nouninflect, verbinflected, adjectiveinflection, noun-ing, suffixintensifier, nouninterjection, nouninterrogative, adjectiveinterrogative, nounintransitive, adjectivelinking verb, nounmain clause, nounmasculine, adjectivemodal, nounmodal auxiliary, nounmodal verb, nounmodifier, nounmodify, verbmood, nounn., neuter, adjectivenominal, adjectivenominative, nounnon-finite, adjectivenon-restrictive, adjectivenoun, nounnumber, nounobject, nounparse, verbparticipial, adjectiveparticiple, nounparticle, nounpartitive, nounpart of speech, nounpassive, adjectivepassivize, verbpast, adjectivepast participle, nounpast perfect, nounperfect participle, nounperiphrasis, nounpersonal pronoun, nounphrasal verb, nounphrase, nounpl., plural, nounplural, adjectiveplurality, nounpossessive, adjectivepossessive, nounpredeterminer, nounpredicate, nounpredicative, adjectiveprefix, nounprefix, verbprep., preposition, nounprepositional phrase, nounpres., present participle, nounprogressive, adjectivepronominal, adjectivepronoun, nounproper noun, nounpunctuate, verbpunctuation, nounqualifier, nounquantifier, nounquestion tag, nounreflexive, adjectiveregular, adjectiverelative clause, nounrelative pronoun, nounreported speech, nounrestrictive clause, nounroot, nounrule, nounrun-on sentence, nounsecond person, nounsemicolon, nounsentence, nounsentence adverb, nounsingular, adjectivesolecism, nounsplit infinitive, nounstative, adjectivestem, nounsubject, nounsubjective, adjectivesubjunctive, nounsubordinate clause, nounsubstantive, nounsuffix, nounsuperlative, adjectivesyntactic, adjectivesyntax, nountag, nountense, nountransitive, adjectiveuncountable, adjectivev., variant, nounverb, nounverbal, adjectivevocative, noun
a neuter noun, pronoun etc belongs to a class of words that have different inflections from masculine or feminine wordsgender
neuter1 adjectiveneuter2 verb
neuterneuter2 verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
neuter
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyneuter
he, she, itneuters
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyneutered
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave neutered
he, she, ithas neutered
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad neutered
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill neuter
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have neutered
Continuous Form
PresentIam neutering
he, she, itis neutering
you, we, theyare neutering
PastI, he, she, itwas neutering
you, we, theywere neutering
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been neutering
he, she, ithas been neutering
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been neutering
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be neutering
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been neutering
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He would keep it by neutering Steve Jobs.
  • I think it was the neutering that made us equal, even in the eyes of our professors.
  • If she had neutered the quick of mystery in platitude before, she was smothering it with symbols now.
  • If the source can not be located or suppressed, then at least its effect can be neutered.
  • If they're neutered they don't smell.
  • Spaying and neutering pets is the easiest way to cure that problem.
  • The asterisk, to my mind, was emblematic of the neutering of Iron Mike.
  • The better way to handle the situation is to render the cats infertile without actually neutering them.
word sets
WORD SETS
afterbirth, nounantenatal, adjectiveartificial insemination, nounbaby blues, nounbarren, adjectivebarrier method, nounbear, verbbirth control, nounbreast-feed, verbbreech birth, nouncaesarean, nouncap, nounchildbearing, nounchildbirth, nounconceive, verbconfinement, nouncontraception, nouncontraction, nounC-section, noundeliver, verbdelivery, noundiaphragm, nounDutch cap, nounembryo, nounembryology, nouneugenics, nounfamily planning, nounfertility, nounfertility drug, nounfertilize, verbfetal, adjectivefetus, nounfoetal position, nounfoetus, nounfull-term, adjectivegestation, noungonad, nounincubator, nouninduce, verbinduction, nouninfant mortality rate, nouninfertile, adjectiveIUD, nounIVF, nounmaternal, adjectivematernity, nounmidwife, nounmidwifery, nounmilk, nounmiscarriage, nounmiscarry, verbmorning-after pill, nounmorning sickness, nounmother-to-be, nounmum-to-be, nounnatal, adjectivenatural, adjectivenatural childbirth, nounneuter, verbnurse, verbobstetrics, nounoral contraceptive, nounoviduct, nounovulate, verbovum, nounperinatal, adjectivepostnatal, adjectivepreemie, nounpregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectivepresentation, nounprocreate, verbproduce, verbquickening, nounreproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverhythm method, nounspay, verbsterile, adjectivesterilize, verbstillbirth, nounstillborn, adjectivestretch mark, nounsurrogate mother, nounswaddle, verbswaddling clothes, nountermination, nountest-tube baby, nountrimester, nounultrasound, nounumbilical cord, noununborn, adjectivewean, verbzygote, noun
1to remove part of the sex organs of an animal so that it cannot produce babiesspay:  a neutered tomcat2to remove power from something or to stop something from being effective – used to show disapproval:  Plans to reform local government are designed to neuter local democracy.
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