caponise

• 指将公鸡阉割使其成为阉鸡的（旧式）动词；引申义为使人失去男性气概或阳刚之气。

An obsolete verb meaning to castrate a rooster, specifically to make it a capon.

1. To castrate a roosterC2formal

   To surgically remove the testicles of a male chicken (rooster) to make it a capon, which results in more tender and flavorful meat.

   阉公鸡

   • The farmer caponised the young roosters to improve the quality of the meat.
   • In traditional poultry farming, caponising is done to produce a larger, more succulent bird.
   • He learned the technique of caponising from his grandfather.

   同义词altercastratedesexemasculatefixgeldneuterunsex