unman

英 [ʌn'mæn] 美
  • 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;

英英释意


1. cause to lose one's nerve;
"an unmanning experience"

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.