neuter
英 [ˈnjuː.tər]
美 [ˈnuː.t̬ɚ]
- n. 无性动物；中性名词；阉割动物
- adj. 中性的；不及物的；无性的
星级词汇:
中文词源
neuter 中性的，阉割
来自拉丁语neuter,中性的，来自ne-,无，没有，uter,两者中的一个，词源同either.引申词义两个都不是，中性的，阉割。
英语词源
- neuter
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neuter: [14] From a formal point of view, Latin neuter is virtually identical to English neither. Both originated as compounds formed from a negative particle and an element meaning ‘which of two’. In the case of neuter these were ne and uter, which in combination denoted etymologically ‘neither one thing nor the other’. The specialized application to grammatical gender soon emerged, and it was in this sense that neuter was first adopted into English. The derivative neutral [16] goes back to Latin neutrālis.
- neuter (v.)
- 1903, from neuter (adj.). Originally in reference to pet cats. Related: Neutered; neutering.
- neuter (adj.)
- late 14c., of grammatical gender, "neither masculine nor feminine," from Latin neuter "of the neuter gender," literally "neither one nor the other," from ne- "not, no" (see un-) + uter "either (of two)" (see whether). Probably a loan-translation of Greek oudeteros "neither, neuter." In 16c., it had the sense of "taking neither side, neutral."
权威例句
- 1. I shall be impartial, though I can not be neuter.
- 虽然我不能保持中立, 我也不偏袒任何一方.
- 2. Worker bees are neuter.
- 工蜂是中性蜂.
- 3. There are three genders in German: masculine, feminine and neuter.
- 德语中有叁性: 阳性 、 阴性和中性.
- 4. Today, somebody called me a Neuter.
- 今天, 有人就开始叫我是无性动物.
- 5. Some languages sexualize all nouns and do not have a neuter gender.
- 在有些语言中,所有的名词都分为阴性和阳性,没有中性名词.
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