vt. 阉割, 删除, 使丧失力量(或效果)

[医] 去生殖腺者, 阉者, 阉, 阉割

Castrate \Cas"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Castrated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Castrating}.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to
castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.]
1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to
alter.

2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or
objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to
expurgate.

My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the
following letter, which I have castrated in some
places. --Spectator.

neuter \neu"ter\, v. t.
To render incapable of sexual reproduction; to remove or
alter the sexual organs so as to make infertile; to alter; to
fix; to desex; -- in male animals, to {castrate}; in female
animals, to {spay}.
[PJC]