impotent

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A man who has erectile dysfunction
  2. An impotent or powerless person
形容词 adj.
  1. Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak
  2. Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless
    — Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent
  3. Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi.
    — A person smeared with the excrement of a mouse was rendered impotent, according to Pliny the Elder.
  4. Sterile
  5. Lacking self-restraint obsolete
    — Then, impotent of tongue (her ſilence broke) / Thus turbulent in rattling tone ſhe ſpoke.

词形变化

more impotent comparative most impotent superlative impotents plural

词汇关系

反义词
potent
衍生词
impotently impotentness nonimpotent self-impotent
相关词
impotence

词源

词源 1
From Old French impotent, from Latin impotēns, from in- (expresses negation) + potēns (“powerful”).
词源 2
From Old French impotent, from Latin impotēns, from in- (expresses negation) + potēns (“powerful”).
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