neuter 音标拼音: [n'utɚ]
a . 中性的,不及物的,生殖器不完全的
n . 中性名词,无性动物,阉割动物
中性的,不及物的,生殖器不完全的中性名词,无性动物,阉割动物
neuter adj 1 :
of grammatical gender ; "`
it '
is the third -
person singular neuter pronoun " [
ant : {
feminine }, {
masculine }]
2 :
having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs [
synonym : {
neuter }, {
sexless }]
n 1 :
a gender that refers chiefly (
but not exclusively )
to inanimate objects (
neither masculine nor feminine )
v 1 :
remove the ovaries of ; "
Is your cat spayed ?" [
synonym : {
alter },
{
neuter }, {
spay }, {
castrate }]
Neuter \
Neu "
ter \,
a . [
L .,
fr .
ne not uter whether ;
akin to E .
whether .
See {
No },
and {
Whether },
and cf . {
Neither }.]
1 .
Neither the one thing nor the other ;
on neither side ;
impartial ;
neutral . [
Archaic ]
[
1913 Webster ]
In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy ;
for Providence never stands neuter . --
South .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Gram .)
(
a )
Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females ;
expressing or designating that which is of neither sex ;
as ,
a neuter noun ;
a neuter termination ;
the neuter gender .
(
b )
Intransitive ;
as ,
a neuter verb .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Biol .)
Having no generative organs ,
or imperfectly developed ones ;
sexless .
See {
Neuter },
n .,
3 .
[
1913 Webster ]
neuter \
neu "
ter \,
v .
t .
To render incapable of sexual reproduction ;
to remove or alter the sexual organs so as to make infertile ;
to alter ;
to fix ;
to desex ; --
in male animals ,
to {
castrate };
in female animals ,
to {
spay }.
[
PJC ]
Neuter \
Neu "
ter \,
n .
1 .
A person who takes no part in a contest ;
one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere ;
a neutral .
[
1913 Webster ]
The world '
s no neuter ;
it will wound or save .
--
Young .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Gram .)
(
a )
A noun of the neuter gender ;
any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words .
(
b )
An intransitive verb .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Biol .)
An organism ,
either vegetable or animal ,
which at its maturity has no generative organs ,
or but imperfectly developed ones ,
as a plant without stamens or pistils ,
as the garden Hydrangea ;
esp .,
one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects ,
as of the ant and the common honeybee ,
which perform the labors of the community ,
and are called workers .
[
1913 Webster ]
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "
neuter ":
Laodicean ,
alter ,
animate ,
anythingarian ,
apathetic ,
asexual ,
capon ,
castrate ,
castrated ,
centrist ,
change ,
cold ,
common gender ,
contemplative ,
cool ,
cut ,
desex ,
desexualize ,
do -
nothing ,
doctor ,
dormant ,
emasculate ,
emasculated ,
epicene ,
eunuchize ,
eunuchized ,
even ,
feminine ,
fence -
sitter ,
fervorless ,
fifty -
fifty ,
fix ,
frigid ,
frustrated ,
geld ,
gender ,
half -
and -
half ,
halfhearted ,
idle ,
immobile ,
impartial ,
impotent ,
inactive ,
inanimate ,
independent ,
indifferent ,
inert ,
laissez -
aller ,
laissez -
faire ,
lukewarm ,
masculine ,
meditative ,
midway ,
moderate ,
motionless ,
mugwump ,
mutilate ,
neutral ,
nonaligned ,
noncommitted ,
nonpartisan ,
nothingarian ,
on the fence ,
paralytic ,
paralyzed ,
passive ,
perfunctory ,
procrastinating ,
quiescent ,
quietist ,
quietistic ,
sexless ,
spay ,
stagnant ,
stagnating ,
standpat ,
static ,
stationary ,
tepid ,
third force ,
third world ,
third -
force ,
third -
world ,
uncommitted ,
uninvolved ,
unsex ,
unsexed ,
unsexual ,
vegetable ,
vegetative ,
zealless
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