字面上的切除
這一支就是那一刀本身，動作真的發生在身體或花上，語氣中性、屬於專業文字。
verb · C2
In medical and veterinary writing, to cut away all or part of the male sex organs of a person or an animal, so that the body can no longer father young.
去勢；閹割
核心畫面
Think of one action: the male part is cut away and carried off. What is left still stands there and still has its shape, but the part that could father anything, drive anything or force anything through is gone. Every use of this word can be seen as that same cut made somewhere else — in a man feeling, in a flower, in a law. The thing keeps its outline and loses its power to act.
可以想成一個動作：把雄性的那部分切下來帶走。留下來的東西還站在那裡，外形也沒變。但能夠繁衍、能夠推動、能夠硬闖過去的…更多收起
可以想成一個動作：把雄性的那部分切下來帶走。留下來的東西還站在那裡，外形也沒變。但能夠繁衍、能夠推動、能夠硬闖過去的那塊不見了。這個字的每一種用法，大致都可以看成同一刀落在別的地方：落在一個男人的感受上，落在一朵花上，落在一部法律上。輪廓都還在，能出力的部分沒了。From the word’s history
The source traces the word to Medieval Latin emasculare, built from ex- meaning out or away, plus masculus meaning male, plus a verb ending. So the parts literally say: take the male out of it.
來源資料把這個字追到中世紀拉丁文 ēmasculō，由 ex-（往外、拿掉）加上 masculus（男性）再加動詞字尾組成。而 masculus 又來自 mās（男人）加上小稱字尾。所以字面上它說的就是「把男性的部分取出來」。今天的幾個用法，都還看得見這個拆法留下的痕跡。
Wiktionary entry for emasculate, packet source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1041209244:24982 — from Medieval Latin emasculatus, ex- (out, from, apart) + masculus (male) + verb-forming suffix, from mas (a man).
Three branches
一個男人覺得自己被抽空了
同一刀落在感受上：身體沒有少任何東西，少的是這個人對自己身為男人的把握。
verb · C1
To make a man feel weak, small, and no longer the kind of man he believes he should be.
打擊男性自尊
把東西的力道拿掉
同一刀落在一份文件或一個機構上：名字和條文都還在，能咬人的那塊被摘走了。
verb · C1
To take the strength or force out of a person, a law, a plan or an organisation, so that it can no longer do much of what it was meant to do.
削弱；架空