circumcise
verb🔊/ˈsɜːkəmsaɪz/
🔊/ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they circumcise | 🔊/ˈsɜːkəmsaɪz/ 🔊/ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪz/ |
| he / she / it circumcises | 🔊/ˈsɜːkəmsaɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple circumcised | 🔊/ˈsɜːkəmsaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪzd/ |
| past participle circumcised | 🔊/ˈsɜːkəmsaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪzd/ |
| -ing form circumcising | 🔊/ˈsɜːkəmsaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪzɪŋ/ |
- circumcise somebody
to remove the foreskin of a boy or man for religious or medical reasons （因宗教或医学原因）对（男子）行割礼，环切（男子）的包皮 - circumcise somebody
to cut off part of the sex organs of a girl or woman for non-medical reasons (a traditional practice in some cultures but illegal in many countries) 切除（女子）的阴蒂
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French circonciser, or from Latin circumcis- ‘cut around’, from the verb circumcidere, from circum ‘around, about’ + caedere ‘to cut’.