emasculated
past simple and past participle ofemasculate
| 单词 | emasculated |
| 释义 | emasculated past simple and past participle ofemasculate emasculate verb[T] uk/ɪˈmæs.kjə.leɪt/us/ɪˈmæs.kjə.leɪt/formal toreducetheeffectivenessof something: They wereaccusedoftryingto emasculate the report'srecommendations. formal to make a manfeellessmaleby taking away hispowerandconfidence: But another man in hisforties, whosein-lawsarerich,findsit hard toacceptgiftsfrom them: "Ifeelemasculated in thatold-fashionedroleofprovider.” Ithinkthat may be astepforward, to havepeopleother than womenprojecttheirdesireonto you withoutfeelingit emasculates you. biologyspecialized tocastrate(=removethemalesexualpartsof)a man ormaleanimal, or toremovethemalepartsof aplant: Lastnight, Trudeassistedin her firstcastrationsince emasculating aguineapigback in Bristol: thistimeit was acamel. Becoming and making less strong
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Discouraging and putting off Zoology: veterinary medicine Examplesofemasculatedemasculated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The falconet is indeed 'entoiled by means of a fair maiden' - andemasculated. From theCambridge English Corpus Unfortunately, the ethical proscriptions have beenemasculatedby financial pressures, by increasing commercialism of academic medicine, and by profiteering. From theCambridge English Corpus None the less the measure, howeveremasculated, became law. From theCambridge English Corpus The gendered and marital metaphor, on the one hand, sympathetically underscores theemasculatedsituation of a clerk. From theCambridge English Corpus For these three pollination treatments, buds were opened,emasculatedand enclosed with paper bags just before anthesis. From theCambridge English Corpus Such rent-seeking activitiesemasculatedprospects for growth in the domestic market as well as abroad. From theCambridge English Corpus He isemasculated; a small, utterly ordinary, and insignificant figure, he has no clear role to play in this realm. From theCambridge English Corpus However, without addressing the underlying distribution of power, judiciaries will likely remainemasculated. From theCambridge English Corpus Flowers wereemasculatedby removing the anthers before anthesis in the early evening. From theCambridge English Corpus Arthurian patriarchs do not survive but are replaced by fraternal figures, avuncular figures, sons ofemasculatedfathers, femmes fatales, and an occasional monster or two. From theCambridge English Corpus All the pollen was collected as a mixture and applied to theemasculatedflowers with a brush. From theCambridge English Corpus Theemasculatedflowers were collected just at anthesis; 1 or 2 days after anthesis for egg cell isolation. From theCambridge English Corpus Emasculatedflowers did not produce seeds. From theCambridge English Corpus With their chiefsemasculatedand #! From theCambridge English Corpus The exaltation of the heroic and the manly may also have revealed the fragility of masculinity in this period, not least in the intensely problematic status of theemasculated. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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