amputate
verbB1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verbV_es/s
amputates
V_ing/Gerund
amputating
V_ed/pp
amputated
- 1.
(obsolete)To cut off, to prune. [17th–18th c.]
- 2.
To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb. [from 17th c.]
The surgeon had to amputate the patient’s leg to save his life.
Several soldiers had limbs amputated after the battle.
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Cùng gốc / liên quan
amputatorautoamputateamputationamputeeamputation (noun)amputee (noun)
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Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro From Latin amputō (prune, cut away). The original sense of pruning (a tree, etc.) became obsolete. The OED considers uses related to anything other than an animal limb to be figurative uses of the modern sense.