释义 |
semanticize, v. Linguistics.|siːˈmæntɪsaɪz| [f. semantic a. + -ize.] trans. To invest (something) with meaning; also, to analyse semantically. So seˈmanticized ppl. a., seˈmanticizing vbl. n.
1942Sat. Rev. Lit. 10 Jan. 14 (heading) Semanticizing. 1961Webster, Semanticize. 1964P. Meadows in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 450 The straitlaced purity of semanticized communication-theory. 1976Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Dec. 1631/2 Lotman appears to be over-eager to semanticize, in his own words, ‘any element on the parole level’. |