Circumcise

['sɜːkəmsaɪz] or ['sɝkəmsaɪz]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; 'During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised'.

(verb.) cut the skin over the clitoris.

校對:克劳斯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.

(v. t.) To purify spiritually.

整理:贾丝廷

解釋/意思:

v.t. to cut off the foreskin according to the Jewish law: (fig.) to purify.—p.adj. Cir′cumcised that has undergone circumcision: purified chastened.—ns. Cir′cumciser one who circumcises; Circumci′sion the act of circumcising.

手打:弗拉德