Definition of eunuch in English:

eunuch

noun ˈjuːnəkˈjunək

1A man who has been castrated, especially (in the past) one employed to guard the women's living areas at an oriental court.
Example sentencesExamples
- Only in the domestic sphere did they remain predominant, and the top of that pyramid was now occupied by the court eunuchs.
- The Emperor of China would employ eunuchs, castrated men, as guards and servants in his Palace.
- The only men allowed to serve women in their private quarters were either eunuchs or men who lacked a sexual drive towards women.
- Then at 18 she met a group of eunuchs - castrated men who dressed as women and sang and danced for a living.
- In the chain of the covenantal family, the foreigner has no past and the eunuch no future.
- They were not always popular: an 18th-century Prussian soldier compared his NCOs to oriental eunuchs, polite to their superiors but taking out their frustrations on their subordinates.
- Indians believe that one becomes a eunuch through past demons while at the same time eunuchs (hijras in India) claim to be descendants of the goddess Mata and historically had a revered place in religious rites and government positions.
- The arts, of which the little lion dogs were considered a part, were entrusted to the palace courts' eunuchs and women, who competed to outdo each other in creating the most beautiful dog in order to gain the special favor of the emperors.
- He even occasionally allows his reader a salacious glimpse of his many and various belle-lettrist exchanges with flatterers, botherers, court eunuchs, visiting dignitaries and so on.
- Another group who owed their existence in the Capital Region solely to the presence of the imperial court in Beijing were eunuchs.
- While the eunuchs danced, men held money over the heads of people they wanted to honour.
- Ostracized by society and living in ghettos, eunuchs, popularly known as ‘hijras’ have nowhere to go but their own peers for shelter and succour.
- He alone would have been carried across the immense first courtyard - 200m long by 190m wide - in a palanquin on the shoulders of eunuchs, guarded by the thousands of soldiers who manned the red walls.
- All bars should be forced to employ eunuchs as waitresses.
- The staff, culled from the same gene pool that serves the lower Main, is comprised of attractive, slow-blinking women and efficient eunuchs, soft-voiced males in tight black turtlenecks.
- In the first reading Philip runs alongside the chariot of the Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the queen.
- As the traditional sense of the word seems to imply, not every person referred to as a eunuch was necessarily castrated.
- It's like a man who celebrates the day of his castration, as a eunuch.
- In this case it will be interesting to see if the unions can act as anything more than the castrated eunuchs that they are.
- I always felt a bit like a court eunuch when I was around him.
1. 1.1 An ineffectual person.
  a nation of political eunuchs
  Example sentencesExamples
  And he ensured that he surrounded himself with political eunuchs.
  Therefore I'm currently enjoying the status of a political eunuch.
  This expression would render us both socially unique and a political eunuch.
  Public choice, as an inclusive research programme, incorporates the presumption that persons do not readily become economic eunuchs as they shift from market to political participation.
  Failing to have prosecuted Labour over these scandals would probably have relegated ACT to United Future or Progressive levels of influence - political eunuchs.
  If I have to read one more whining twenty-something eunuch complain about how politics just isn't relevant to his/her life, I'm gonna be sick.
  The House of Commons, inundated by a quota system guaranteed to promote mediocrity, had become a government harem populated by political eunuchs.
  People expect a political scientist to be objective, some kind of political eunuch.

Origin

Old English, via Latin eunuchus from Greek eunoukhos, literally 'bedroom guard', from eunē 'bed' + a second element related to ekhein 'to hold'.

This word came via Latin from Greek eunoukhos, literally ‘bedroom guard’, from eunē ‘bed’ and a second element related to ekhein ‘to hold’.

Definition of eunuch in US English:

eunuch

nounˈjunəkˈyo͞onək

1A man who has been castrated, especially (in the past) one employed to guard the women's living areas at an oriental court.
Example sentencesExamples
- All bars should be forced to employ eunuchs as waitresses.
- In the first reading Philip runs alongside the chariot of the Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the queen.
- Ostracized by society and living in ghettos, eunuchs, popularly known as ‘hijras’ have nowhere to go but their own peers for shelter and succour.
- They were not always popular: an 18th-century Prussian soldier compared his NCOs to oriental eunuchs, polite to their superiors but taking out their frustrations on their subordinates.
- As the traditional sense of the word seems to imply, not every person referred to as a eunuch was necessarily castrated.
- He alone would have been carried across the immense first courtyard - 200m long by 190m wide - in a palanquin on the shoulders of eunuchs, guarded by the thousands of soldiers who manned the red walls.
- I always felt a bit like a court eunuch when I was around him.
- In the chain of the covenantal family, the foreigner has no past and the eunuch no future.
- The only men allowed to serve women in their private quarters were either eunuchs or men who lacked a sexual drive towards women.
- Indians believe that one becomes a eunuch through past demons while at the same time eunuchs (hijras in India) claim to be descendants of the goddess Mata and historically had a revered place in religious rites and government positions.
- The arts, of which the little lion dogs were considered a part, were entrusted to the palace courts' eunuchs and women, who competed to outdo each other in creating the most beautiful dog in order to gain the special favor of the emperors.
- While the eunuchs danced, men held money over the heads of people they wanted to honour.
- Then at 18 she met a group of eunuchs - castrated men who dressed as women and sang and danced for a living.
- He even occasionally allows his reader a salacious glimpse of his many and various belle-lettrist exchanges with flatterers, botherers, court eunuchs, visiting dignitaries and so on.
- Another group who owed their existence in the Capital Region solely to the presence of the imperial court in Beijing were eunuchs.
- The staff, culled from the same gene pool that serves the lower Main, is comprised of attractive, slow-blinking women and efficient eunuchs, soft-voiced males in tight black turtlenecks.
- Only in the domestic sphere did they remain predominant, and the top of that pyramid was now occupied by the court eunuchs.
- In this case it will be interesting to see if the unions can act as anything more than the castrated eunuchs that they are.
- The Emperor of China would employ eunuchs, castrated men, as guards and servants in his Palace.
- It's like a man who celebrates the day of his castration, as a eunuch.
1. 1.1 An ineffectual person.
  a nation of political eunuchs
  Example sentencesExamples
  If I have to read one more whining twenty-something eunuch complain about how politics just isn't relevant to his/her life, I'm gonna be sick.
  Failing to have prosecuted Labour over these scandals would probably have relegated ACT to United Future or Progressive levels of influence - political eunuchs.
  And he ensured that he surrounded himself with political eunuchs.
  Therefore I'm currently enjoying the status of a political eunuch.
  The House of Commons, inundated by a quota system guaranteed to promote mediocrity, had become a government harem populated by political eunuchs.
  This expression would render us both socially unique and a political eunuch.
  Public choice, as an inclusive research programme, incorporates the presumption that persons do not readily become economic eunuchs as they shift from market to political participation.
  People expect a political scientist to be objective, some kind of political eunuch.

Origin

Old English, via Latin eunuchus from Greek eunoukhos, literally ‘bedroom guard’, from eunē ‘bed’ + a second element related to ekhein ‘to hold’.

单词	eunuch
释义	Definition of eunuch in English: eunuch noun ˈjuːnəkˈjunək 1A man who has been castrated, especially (in the past) one employed to guard the women's living areas at an oriental court. Example sentencesExamples Only in the domestic sphere did they remain predominant, and the top of that pyramid was now occupied by the court eunuchs. The Emperor of China would employ eunuchs, castrated men, as guards and servants in his Palace. The only men allowed to serve women in their private quarters were either eunuchs or men who lacked a sexual drive towards women. Then at 18 she met a group of eunuchs - castrated men who dressed as women and sang and danced for a living. In the chain of the covenantal family, the foreigner has no past and the eunuch no future. They were not always popular: an 18th-century Prussian soldier compared his NCOs to oriental eunuchs, polite to their superiors but taking out their frustrations on their subordinates. Indians believe that one becomes a eunuch through past demons while at the same time eunuchs (hijras in India) claim to be descendants of the goddess Mata and historically had a revered place in religious rites and government positions. The arts, of which the little lion dogs were considered a part, were entrusted to the palace courts' eunuchs and women, who competed to outdo each other in creating the most beautiful dog in order to gain the special favor of the emperors. He even occasionally allows his reader a salacious glimpse of his many and various belle-lettrist exchanges with flatterers, botherers, court eunuchs, visiting dignitaries and so on. Another group who owed their existence in the Capital Region solely to the presence of the imperial court in Beijing were eunuchs. While the eunuchs danced, men held money over the heads of people they wanted to honour. Ostracized by society and living in ghettos, eunuchs, popularly known as ‘hijras’ have nowhere to go but their own peers for shelter and succour. He alone would have been carried across the immense first courtyard - 200m long by 190m wide - in a palanquin on the shoulders of eunuchs, guarded by the thousands of soldiers who manned the red walls. All bars should be forced to employ eunuchs as waitresses. The staff, culled from the same gene pool that serves the lower Main, is comprised of attractive, slow-blinking women and efficient eunuchs, soft-voiced males in tight black turtlenecks. In the first reading Philip runs alongside the chariot of the Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the queen. As the traditional sense of the word seems to imply, not every person referred to as a eunuch was necessarily castrated. It's like a man who celebrates the day of his castration, as a eunuch. In this case it will be interesting to see if the unions can act as anything more than the castrated eunuchs that they are. I always felt a bit like a court eunuch when I was around him. 1.1 An ineffectual person. a nation of political eunuchs Example sentencesExamples And he ensured that he surrounded himself with political eunuchs. Therefore I'm currently enjoying the status of a political eunuch. This expression would render us both socially unique and a political eunuch. Public choice, as an inclusive research programme, incorporates the presumption that persons do not readily become economic eunuchs as they shift from market to political participation. Failing to have prosecuted Labour over these scandals would probably have relegated ACT to United Future or Progressive levels of influence - political eunuchs. If I have to read one more whining twenty-something eunuch complain about how politics just isn't relevant to his/her life, I'm gonna be sick. The House of Commons, inundated by a quota system guaranteed to promote mediocrity, had become a government harem populated by political eunuchs. People expect a political scientist to be objective, some kind of political eunuch. Origin Old English, via Latin eunuchus from Greek eunoukhos, literally 'bedroom guard', from eunē 'bed' + a second element related to ekhein 'to hold'. This word came via Latin from Greek eunoukhos, literally ‘bedroom guard’, from eunē ‘bed’ and a second element related to ekhein ‘to hold’. Definition of eunuch in US English: eunuch nounˈjunəkˈyo͞onək 1A man who has been castrated, especially (in the past) one employed to guard the women's living areas at an oriental court. Example sentencesExamples All bars should be forced to employ eunuchs as waitresses. In the first reading Philip runs alongside the chariot of the Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the queen. Ostracized by society and living in ghettos, eunuchs, popularly known as ‘hijras’ have nowhere to go but their own peers for shelter and succour. They were not always popular: an 18th-century Prussian soldier compared his NCOs to oriental eunuchs, polite to their superiors but taking out their frustrations on their subordinates. As the traditional sense of the word seems to imply, not every person referred to as a eunuch was necessarily castrated. He alone would have been carried across the immense first courtyard - 200m long by 190m wide - in a palanquin on the shoulders of eunuchs, guarded by the thousands of soldiers who manned the red walls. I always felt a bit like a court eunuch when I was around him. In the chain of the covenantal family, the foreigner has no past and the eunuch no future. The only men allowed to serve women in their private quarters were either eunuchs or men who lacked a sexual drive towards women. Indians believe that one becomes a eunuch through past demons while at the same time eunuchs (hijras in India) claim to be descendants of the goddess Mata and historically had a revered place in religious rites and government positions. The arts, of which the little lion dogs were considered a part, were entrusted to the palace courts' eunuchs and women, who competed to outdo each other in creating the most beautiful dog in order to gain the special favor of the emperors. While the eunuchs danced, men held money over the heads of people they wanted to honour. Then at 18 she met a group of eunuchs - castrated men who dressed as women and sang and danced for a living. He even occasionally allows his reader a salacious glimpse of his many and various belle-lettrist exchanges with flatterers, botherers, court eunuchs, visiting dignitaries and so on. Another group who owed their existence in the Capital Region solely to the presence of the imperial court in Beijing were eunuchs. The staff, culled from the same gene pool that serves the lower Main, is comprised of attractive, slow-blinking women and efficient eunuchs, soft-voiced males in tight black turtlenecks. Only in the domestic sphere did they remain predominant, and the top of that pyramid was now occupied by the court eunuchs. In this case it will be interesting to see if the unions can act as anything more than the castrated eunuchs that they are. The Emperor of China would employ eunuchs, castrated men, as guards and servants in his Palace. It's like a man who celebrates the day of his castration, as a eunuch. 1.1 An ineffectual person. a nation of political eunuchs Example sentencesExamples If I have to read one more whining twenty-something eunuch complain about how politics just isn't relevant to his/her life, I'm gonna be sick. Failing to have prosecuted Labour over these scandals would probably have relegated ACT to United Future or Progressive levels of influence - political eunuchs. And he ensured that he surrounded himself with political eunuchs. Therefore I'm currently enjoying the status of a political eunuch. The House of Commons, inundated by a quota system guaranteed to promote mediocrity, had become a government harem populated by political eunuchs. This expression would render us both socially unique and a political eunuch. Public choice, as an inclusive research programme, incorporates the presumption that persons do not readily become economic eunuchs as they shift from market to political participation. People expect a political scientist to be objective, some kind of political eunuch. Origin Old English, via Latin eunuchus from Greek eunoukhos, literally ‘bedroom guard’, from eunē ‘bed’ + a second element related to ekhein ‘to hold’.
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