circumcise
verb /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪz/
/ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪz/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they circumcise | /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪz/ /ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪz/ |
| he / she / it circumcises | /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪzɪz/ /ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple circumcised | /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪzd/ /ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪzd/ |
| past participle circumcised | /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪzd/ /ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪzd/ |
| -ing form circumcising | /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪzɪŋ/ |
- circumcise somebody to remove the foreskin of a boy or man for religious or medical reasons
（因宗教或医学原因）对（男子）行割礼，环切（男子）的包皮 - circumcise somebody to cut off part of the sex organs of a girl or woman for non-medical reasons (a traditional practice in some cultures but illegal in many countries)
切除（女子）的阴蒂
词源Middle English: from Old French circonciser, or from Latin circumcis- ‘cut around’, from the verb circumcidere, from circum ‘around, about’ + caedere ‘to cut’.