vt. 切断, 删除

[ verb ]
remove surgically
<verb.contact> cut off
amputate limbs

Amputate \Am"pu*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amputated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Amputating}.] [L. amputatus, p. p. of amputare: amb-
+ putare to prune, putus clean, akin to E. pure. See
{Putative}.]
1. To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.

2. (Surg.) To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the
body). --Wiseman.