수컷 동물의 고환을 제거하여 생식 기능을 없애다.
To remove the testicles of a male animal, especially a horse.
예문:
"The rancher hired a veterinarian to geld the young colts."
"It is often safer to geld a horse before it becomes aggressive."
활력이나 힘, 또는 본질적인 요소를 제거하여 약화시키다.
To deprive something of its essential strength, vitality, or effectiveness.
예문:
"The committee's amendments threatened to geld the proposed environmental bill."
"The author felt that the publisher's edits had gelded the raw power of his prose."
앵글로색슨 및 노르만 시대 영국에서 지주들이 왕실에 바치던 토지세.
A tax paid to the crown by landholders in Anglo-Saxon and Norman England.
예문:
"The Domesday Book provides a detailed record of the geld collected in each county."
"Failure to pay the annual geld could result in the forfeiture of one's land."
돈이나 재물을 속되게 이르는 말.
A slang term for money, often used in informal contexts.
예문:
"He was always chasing after more geld, regardless of how he earned it."
"The old merchant kept his geld hidden in a heavy iron chest."