amputate
/ˈæmpjuteɪt/VCE📚 17768 1satTo amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged. 截 (肢)
verb [vt. 及物动词]vt. 截肢；切断；删除
To save his life, doctors amputated his legs.
为了救他的命，医生们截去了他的双腿。
am (看作arm) + put (切除) + ate (做) → 切除 (手臂、 腿等)
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- He lived only hours after the amputation. 他在截肢后只活了几个小时。
- They may have to amputate. 他们可能不得不施行截肢手术。
- When gangrene set in, his foot have to be amputate. 他的脚生了坏疽，必须解除。
- The doctors said they are going to amputate both of my feet. 医生说他们将会切除我的双脚。