单词 | anglicization |
释义 | anglicizationn. 1. The action or process of making something or someone English (or British) in character; an instance of this. Also: the acquisition of English (or British) character or characteristics. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun] > making English Anglification1797 anglicization1847 Anglicanization1874 1847 Spectator 5 June 542/1 Let advancement in the process of anglicization be deemed a merit, let it be paid with British rewards, and in a few years we need fear neither colonization, nor invasion, nor public opinion, nor education, nor anything else. 1878 W. Adams Latter-day Lyrics 377 The new movement for the Anglicisation of French metres. 1883 St. James's Gaz. 13 Feb. 3 It will soon be seen how shallow is the Anglicization of India. 1934 S.P.E. Tract (Soc. for Pure Eng.) No. XLI. 21 There are the words (‘Hobson-Jobsonisms’) where the original [Indian] form has been more or less modified in the process of Anglicization. 1958 A. Paton Hope for S. Afr. vii. 52 Afrikaners were subject to a process of anglicization. 2001 E. Segal Death of Comedy xix. 366 These are Jonson's anglicizations of the traditional comedic dramatis personae. 2. An English form or version (of a word or name); an adaptation into English.Typically describing a word formed from the pronunciation or spelling of a foreign term rather than by translation of its meaning. ΚΠ 1860 M. A. Lower Patronymica Britannica 404/1 Bonfield, an anglicization of Bonville. 1884 Illustr. London News 30 Aug. 195/1 Another authority holds that it [sc. Doolittle] is an Anglicisation of ‘De la Tolle’. 1924 Geogr. Jrnl. 63 154 Evelyn and Eileen are anglicizations of the same name, Eibhlin. 1991 Nature Canada Summer 56/1 ‘Mother Carey's Chickens’—an Anglicization of the incantation ‘Mata Cara’ which was recited by sailors seeking help in riding out a storm. 2001 M. Hughes et al. World Food: India 12 The word ‘curry’ is an anglicisation of the Tamil word kari , meaning black pepper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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