释义 |
Manchesterize, v.|ˈmæntʃɪstəraɪz| [f. Manchester + -ize.] trans. To make representative or typical of Manchester. Hence ˌManchesteriˈzation.
1925E. T. Scott Let. 27 Dec. in D. Ayerst Guardian (1971) xxix. 452 The policy, both as to popularising and Manchesterising the paper..will be determined outside the Room. 1964Economist 19 Dec. 1370/3 They do not want to see their [cotton] industries ‘manchesterised’. 1965Ibid. 23 Oct. 416/3 The [cotton] industry has argued..that the unrestricted entry of imported textiles from low-cost Commonwealth countries is largely to blame for the state of the industry. (The Continentals have a word for it: ‘manchesterisation’.) 1971D. Ayerst Guardian xxix. 452 The policy of ‘Manchesterisation’ continued. |