unman
英 [ʌn'mæn]
美
释义
vt. 使失去男子气质；使怯懦；阉割
词态变化
第三人称单数: unmans;过去式: unmanned;过去分词: unmanned;现在分词: unmanning;
英文词源
- unman (v.)
- 1590s, "to deprive of the attributes of a human being," from un- (2) + verbal derivative of man (n.). Meaning "to deprive of manly courage" is attested from c. 1600; that of "to emasculate" is from 1680s.
英英释意
- 1. cause to lose one's nerve;
- "an unmanning experience"
