| 释义 |
babify, v.|ˈbeɪbɪfaɪ|
[f. baby n. + -ify.]
trans. To render babylike or babyish. So ˈbabified ppl. a., invested with the character or attributes of a baby.
1862M. E. Braddon Lady Audley xviii. 64 She looked a childish, helpless, babyfied little creature. 1891S. J. Duncan Amer. Girl in London ii. 15 Good old-fashioned names, like Nancy and Betsy, that couldn't be babified. 1912D. H. Lawrence Let. in F. Lawrence ‘Not I, but the Wind’ (1934) 27, I think you're rather horrid to H... You make him more babified—baby-fied. |