英语词汇“eunuch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

eunuch

/ˈjuːnək

noun

1A man who has been castrated, especially (in the past) one employed to guard the women’s living areas at an oriental court.The Emperor of China would employ eunuchs, castrated men, as guards and servants in his Palace....

Then at 18 she met a group of eunuchs - castrated men who dressed as women and sang and danced for a living.
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.

1.1An ineffectual person: a nation of political eunuchs...

Failing to have prosecuted Labour over these scandals would probably have relegated ACT to United Future or Progressive levels of influence - political eunuchs.
The House of Commons, inundated by a quota system guaranteed to promote mediocrity, had become a government harem populated by political eunuchs.
And he ensured that he surrounded himself with political eunuchs.

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’.

单词	eunuch
释义	eunuch /ˈjuːnək / noun 1A man who has been castrated, especially (in the past) one employed to guard the women’s living areas at an oriental court.The Emperor of China would employ eunuchs, castrated men, as guards and servants in his Palace.... Then at 18 she met a group of eunuchs - castrated men who dressed as women and sang and danced for a living. 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. 1.1An ineffectual person: a nation of political eunuchs... Failing to have prosecuted Labour over these scandals would probably have relegated ACT to United Future or Progressive levels of influence - political eunuchs. The House of Commons, inundated by a quota system guaranteed to promote mediocrity, had become a government harem populated by political eunuchs. And he ensured that he surrounded himself with political eunuchs. 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’.
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