spay

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /speɪ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of spaying an animal.
    — I was queasy about my first spay of a far-gone feral and left it up to my vet.
  2. Rare form of spayard. form-of,rare
动词 v.
  1. To destroy or remove the ovaries or uterus (of a female animal) to prevent pregnancy. transitive
    — We’re having our cat spayed as we don’t want her having kittens.
  2. Alternative form of spae (to foretell or divine) alt-of,alternative

词形变化

spays present,singular,third-person spaying participle,present spayed participle,past spayed past spade obsolete,participle,past spade obsolete,past spaie alternative spave alternative,archaic spaye alternative spey alternative spays plural spaie alternative spave alternative,archaic spaye alternative spey alternative spays plural spays present,singular,third-person spaying participle,present spayed participle,past spayed past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English spayen, spaien, from the Anglo-Norman espeier, equivalent to the Old French espeer (“to cut with a sword”), from espee (“sword”), whence the Modern French épée.
词源 2
See spayard.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary