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gelding

英 ['geldɪŋ] 美['ɡɛldɪŋ]

n. 去势的人或牲畜；阉割的动物；去势；太监

低频词家畜家禽

词态变化

复数: geldings;

英文词源

gelding (n.): late 14c., "castrated animal" (especially a horse), also "a eunuch" (late 13c. as a surname), from Old Norse geldingr "wether; eunuch," from gelda "castrate" (see geld (v.)).