unman

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ʌnˈmæn/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To divest of humanity. archaic,transitive
    — Unman not therefore thy self by a beastial transformation, nor realize old Fables.
  2. To castrate; to remove the manhood of. archaic,transitive
    — He unmanned himself under a pine-tree and bled to death on the spot.
  3. To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation. figuratively,transitive
    — I hope to God his theories will not unman him in action, that he will not be musing and refining when he should be leading the Jacks […]
  4. To deprive of men. transitive

词形变化

unmans present,singular,third-person unmanning participle,present unmanned participle,past unmanned past

词汇关系

衍生词
unmanner

词源

From un- (“de-, dis-, away”) + man (“male person”). Compare Dutch ontmannen, German entmannen, both “to unman, emasculate, castrate”.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary