castration

英 [kæ'streɪʃn] 美 [kæ'streɪʃn]

• n. 去势；去药；削正；去雄

英英释义

Noun:

1. neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

2. surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men);

   "bilateral castration results in sterilization"
   

3. the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The personality of men who have undergone castration is altered in a more or less marketed way.
   男人在去势之后，也或多或少会在他们的性格上有显著的改变。
2. Conclusion Combined castration and flutamide therapy was effective for prostate cancer.
   结论对前列腺癌行去势手术加缓退瘤治疗效果较好。

词汇搭配

• castrate 阉割
• chemical castration 化学睾丸切除[术]...
• functional prepubertal castration syndrome 功能性青春期前阉割综...
• congenital castration 先天性阉割
• castration cell 阉割细胞,去势细胞...
• female castration [医] 女性阉, 卵...

近反义词

【近义词】

• emasculation 阉割
• expurgation 削去