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eu·nuch
/ˈjunək, nɪk/
太監,宦官,柔弱的男人
From:
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eu·nuch
/ˈjunək, nɪk/
名詞
去睾者,無睾者,閹人
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Eu·nuch
n.
A
male
of
the
human
species
castrated
;
commonly
,
one
of
a
class
of
such
persons
,
in
Oriental
countries
,
having
charge
of
the
women's
apartments
.
Some
of
them
,
in
former
times
,
gained
high
official
rank
.
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►
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Eu·nuch
Eu·nuch·ate
,
v. t.
To
make
a
eunuch
of
;
to
castrate
.
as
a
man
.
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►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
eunuch
n
:
a
man
who
has
been
castrated
and
is
incapable
of
reproduction
; "
eunuchs
guarded
the
harem
" [
syn
:
castrate
]
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Eunuch
literally
bed-keeper
or
chamberlain
,
and
not
necessarily
in
all
cases
one
who
was
mutilated
,
although
the
practice
of
employing
such
mutilated
persons
in
Oriental
courts
was
common
(2
Kings
9:32;
Esther
2:3).
The
law
of
Moses
excluded
them
from
the
congregation
(
Deut
. 23:1).
They
were
common
also
among
the
Greeks
and
Romans
.
It
is
said
that
even
to-day
there
are
some
in
Rome
who
are
employed
in
singing
soprano
in
the
Sistine
Chapel
.
Three
classes
of
eunuchs
are
mentioned
in
Matt
. 19:12.
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