unsex
英 [ʌn'seks]
美[ʌn'sɛks]
- vt. 使……失去性功能；使……失去性别特征
英英释义
- 1. deprive of sex or sexual powers
- 2. remove the qualities typical of one's sex;
- "She unsexed herself"
- 3. make infertile;
- "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disbilites are sterilized"
英文词源
- unsex (v.)
- "deprive of the qualities considered typical of one's gender," c. 1600, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + sex (n.). Related: Unsexed; unsexing.
词态变化
第三人称单数: unsexes;过去式: unsexed;过去分词: unsexed;现在分词: unsexing;