单词 | mexicanize |
释义 | Mexicanizev. transitive. To cause to become Mexican in character or appearance; to subject to the influence or domination of Mexicans or Mexican culture. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of Central America > [verb] > Mexican Mexicanize1851 1851 E. S. Wortley Trav. U.S. II. i. 12 This hotel..is kept by a Scotchman, very considerably Mexicanised. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Mexicanize, v.t., to cause to become like the Mexicans or Mexico, especially in respect to frequent revolutions. 1900 19th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1897–8 p. xvi These Indians, now practically Mexicanized. 1910 N.Y. Evening Post 13 Oct. 8 Some object to describing the Roosevelt plan as one to Mexicanize our government. But that is precisely what it is. 1941 R. A. Humphreys Latin Amer. 23 To Mexicanize the Indian and to make the Mexican master in his own country. 1976 Word 27 402 A steadily growing backlash exists among Anglo parents,..who fear the movement as an attempt to Mexicanize their youngsters and displace English as their mother tongue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1851 |
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