defang

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /diːˈfæŋ/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To remove the fangs from (something). transitive
    — The snake was defanged.
  2. To render (something) harmless. figuratively,transitive
    — The Government's new security supremo, Admiral Sir Alan West, said the danger from home-grown and foreign terrorists was at its greatest level ever, and warned that it could take up to 15 years to defang Islamic radicalism.

词形变化

defangs present,singular,third-person defanging participle,present defanged participle,past defanged past

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
English fang
English defang
From de- + fang.
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