| 单词 | geld |
| 释义 | geld (once / 6633 pages) v In farming and ranching, the verb geld means to castrate — or remove the sexual organs of — a male animal. A farmer might geld a horse so that he will be calmer and easier to ride. People who raise animals choose to geld them for various reasons. If a male animal is not going to be bred, or deliberately mated to produce offspring, it is often easier to manage him without his powerful hormones. When you geld an animal, he tends to be more mellow and well-behaved, making a gentler horse or donkey as a working animal or pet. The Old Norse root of geld is gelda, "castrate," from geldr, "barren." WORD FAMILYgeld: gelded, gelding, gelds+/gelding: geldings USAGE EXAMPLESWhen Wilderness Ranger Jake Baker rode 35 miles into the backcountry this summer, it was on the back of a gelding named Well Dun. Washington Times(Nov 23, 2016) I know that this will make most men flinch, but why not try to geld the stallions? New York Times(Oct 14, 2016) They are mares and geldings from 4 to 6 years old. Washington Times(Sep 07, 2016) v cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses) the vet gelded the young horse Syn|Hyper cut castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate remove the testicles of a male animal |
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