| 释义 |
leˈvantinize, v.
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
trans. To make Levantine in form or character.
1929Times 5 Nov. 17/4 The Government's policy of ‘Europeanizing’ a somewhat levantinized Administration. 1930Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Sept. 691/1 The rest of the Turks remained farmers..and thereby escaped the contamination of the Levantinized Ottomanism. 1946Koestler Thieves in Night 112 Our small community will..become levantinised, submerged in the Arab sea. |