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neuter

adjective
🔊/ˈnjuːtə(r)/
🔊/ˈnuːtər/
(grammar语法)
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  1. (in some languages用于某些语言) belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns, adjectives or verbs whose gender is not feminine or masculine中性的
    • The Polish word for ‘window’ is neuter.波兰语里 “窗户” 一词是中性的。🔊🔊
    Topics Languagec1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryNeuter is used with these nouns:
    • noun
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin neuter ‘neither’, from ne- ‘not’ + uter ‘either’.

neuter

verb
🔊/ˈnjuːtə(r)/
🔊/ˈnuːtər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they neuter
🔊/ˈnjuːtə(r)/
🔊/ˈnuːtər/
he / she / it neuters
🔊/ˈnjuːtəz/
🔊/ˈnuːtərz/
past simple neutered
🔊/ˈnjuːtəd/
🔊/ˈnuːtərd/
past participle neutered
🔊/ˈnjuːtəd/
🔊/ˈnuːtərd/
-ing form neutering
🔊/ˈnjuːtərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈnuːtərɪŋ/
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  1. neuter something to remove part of the sex organs of an animal so that it cannot produce young阉割（动物）
    • Has your cat been neutered?你家的猫阉过了吗？🔊🔊
    Topics Animalsc2
  2. neuter something (disapproving) to prevent something from having the effect that it ought to have使失去作用
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin neuter ‘neither’, from ne- ‘not’ + uter ‘either’.