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阉割,删除,去掉最重要的部分
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Castrate \Cas"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Castrated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Castrating}.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to
castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.]
1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to
alter.
2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or
objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to
expurgate.
My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the
following letter, which I have castrated in some
places. --Spectator.
资料来源 : WordNet®
castrate
n : a man who has been castrated and is incapable of
reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" [syn: {eunuch}]
v 1: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the
law" [syn: {emasculate}]
2: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
"bowdlerize a novel" [syn: {bowdlerize}, {bowdlerise}, {expurgate},
{shorten}]
3: remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: {emasculate}, {demasculinize},
{demasculinise}]
4: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: {alter},
{neuter}, {spay}]