eunuch

英 [ˈjuːnək]

美 [ˈjuːnək]

n.  阉人; 太监; 宦官; 无权力(或影响)的人

复数：eunuchs　

医学

BNC.23867 / COCA.23847

牛津词典

noun

• 阉人；太监；宦官
  a man who has been castrated , especially one who guarded women in some Asian countries in the past
• 无权力（或影响）的人
  a person without power or influence
  1. a political eunuch
     政治“阉人”

柯林斯词典

• 太监;阉人
  Aeunuchis a man who has had his testicles removed.

英英释义

noun

• a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
  1. eunuchs guarded the harem
  Synonym:castrate

双语例句

• He is neither an eunuch nor a satyr.
  他既非阉人，亦非色鬼。
• Brave, strong, intelligent and totally loyal, Ma won the trust of the prince who, after ascending the throne, gave him a new name and made him Grand Imperial Eunuch.
  马三保英勇、强壮、足智多谋，又赤胆忠心，因此深得王太子的信赖。王太子登基之后，赐给马三保“郑和”这个新的名字，同时提升他为内宫监太监。
• At the gate was a diminutive, beardless old man who, we later learned, had once served as a junior eunuch at the Qing court. He lived in a small room at the entrance and took care of the house.
  进门的小房间住了一个小老头子，没有胡子，后来听说是清皇室的一名小太监，给他看门的。
• Most of them were led by the famous eunuch admiral Cheng-ho.
  大多数使团都是由著名的舰队司令，宦官郑和率领的。
• Shortly after his death, a treacherous eunuch named Zhao Gao enticed Huhai, the emperor's youngest son, to kill his eldest brother, the successor to the throne, and helped him to become emperor.
  他死后不久，一名奸诈的太监赵高，诱使秦始皇的幼子胡亥杀了长兄&皇位的继承人，并帮助他成为了皇帝。
• The eunuch clique was so powerful, yet corrupt, that when Li Zicheng, the leader of an uprising during the late Ming dynasty, finally conquered the capital city, he kicked out all the eunuchs.
  太监集团非常强大，而且腐败，直到当李自成（明末起义军的首领）终于攻破了明朝首都，他除掉了所有的太监。
• The emperor was actually a political eunuch.
  那个皇帝实际上没有政治实权。
• Not to be mean but the4th prince actually looks more suited to play a little eunuch imo.
  虽然我不想损人家，但是恕我直言，我觉得新版演四皇子的演员其实更适合演一个太监。
• And the eunuch answered Philip and said, I beseech you, concerning whom does the prophet say this? Concerning himself or concerning someone else?
  太监对腓利说，请问，申言者说这话是指着谁？是指着自己，还是指着别人？
• I believe there are two ways to make a man think with his mind only, make him a eunuch or give him enough women.
  只有两种办法能让男人用脑袋思考，要么阉了他，要么给他足够的女人。