| 单词 | eviscerate |
| 释义 | eviscerate (once / 22176 pages) 1vadj 2v 3v Eviscerate is not a pretty word. To eviscerate can mean to remove the entrails of a creature. On the Discovery Channel you can watch a vulture eviscerate or take out the guts of a dead animal. The word eviscerate comes from the Latin evisceratus, meaning "to disembowel." It's not strictly used in such a gruesome sense though. Sure, you can eviscerate a chicken by gutting its insides, but eviscerate can also be used to describe when you deprive something of its most important quality. If you take away the disco ball, it could eviscerate the spirit of your dance party. WORD FAMILYeviscerate: eviscerated, eviscerates, eviscerating, evisceration+/evisceration: eviscerations USAGE EXAMPLESIn an upcoming book, “Furious George,” Karl eviscerates seemingly everyone in the league. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Lawyers for the city called the suit a “last-minute ploy to nullify a legislative directive and eviscerate” the city’s promise to protect applicants’ privacy. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) DJ Shadow’s video for Nobody Speak, featuring the vitriolic, eviscerating presence of Run the Jewels, was directed by Sam Pilling and produced by Pulse Films. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) 1 1v remove the entrails of Syn|Hyper disembowel, draw remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 2v surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ Syn|Hyper resect remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 3adj having been disembowelled 2Syn injured harmed v take away a vital or essential part of 3the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed Hyper devitalise, devitalize sap of life or energy v remove the contents of eviscerate the stomach Hyper empty make void or empty of contents |
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