circumcise
verbVerb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they circumcise | |
he / she / it circumcises | |
past simple circumcised | |
past participle circumcised | |
-ing form circumcising |
- circumcise somebody
to remove the foreskin of a boy or man for religious or medical reasons Topics Religion and festivalsc2, Medicinec2(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) compare FGM切除(女子)的阴蒂
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French circonciser, or from Latin circumcis- ‘cut around’, from the verb circumcidere, from circum ‘around, about’ + caedere ‘to cut’.