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eunuch

/yoo-nuhk/US // ˈyu nək //UK // (ˈjuːnək) //

宦官,太监,宦者,公公

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a castrated man, especially one formerly employed by rulers in the Middle East and Asia as a harem guard or palace official.

Examples

  • Or how kicking a reaction-less eunuch in the crotch over and over again is comedy.

  • Christianity arrived in Sudan, about 125 miles northeast of Khartoum, with the eunuch minister of Queen Candice in 35 AD.

  • A few years ago, I was diagnosed with a free-testosterone level akin to an octogenarian eunuch.

  • The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer This was the first feminist book I ever read.

  • Even compared with his personage in Casino Royale, the 007 of Quantum is basically a grunting eunuch.

  • There were eunuchs too, black frock-coated—and the chief eunuch, an important personage who ranks very high.

  • Iftikhar went on, and with only the eunuch and Mary Kurkuas, the emir advanced within the palace.

  • Then at last the eunuch spoke, his imperturbable smile swelling to a fulsome grin.

  • Enough; the good eunuch Hakem thought me a true welee, and brought out one of his cagelings to see my magic.

  • The body of the eunuch dropped from her arms, lay upon the rugs, the blood spurting from the neck.