amputate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cut off, to prune. obsolete
  2. To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb.
    — The surgeon had to amputate the patient’s leg to save his life.

词形变化

amputates present,singular,third-person amputating participle,present amputated participle,past amputated past

词汇关系

衍生词
amputator autoamputate
相关词
amputation amputee

词源

From Latin amputō (“prune, cut away”). The original sense of pruning (a tree, etc.) became obsolete. The OED considers uses related to anything other than an animal limb to be figurative uses of the modern sense.
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