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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
neuter
neu·ter [neuter neuters neutered neutering] adjective, verb BrE [ˈnjuːtə(r)] NAmE [ˈnuːtər] adjective (grammar) (in some languages) belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns, adjectives or verbs whose ↑gender is not ↑feminine or ↑masculine •The Polish word for ‘window’ is neuter. Word Origin: late Middle English: via Old French from Latin neuter ‘neither’, from ne- ‘not’ + uter ‘either’. verb 1. ~ sth to remove part of the sex organs of an animal so that it cannot produce young •Has your cat been neutered? 2. ~ sth (disapproving)to prevent sth from having the effect that it ought to have Verb forms: Word Origin: late Middle English: via Old French from Latin neuter ‘neither’, from ne- ‘not’ + uter ‘either’.
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