单词 | canadianizing |
释义 | Canadianizingn. The action of Canadianize v.; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1889 Zion's Herald 25 Dec. 412 (heading) The Canadianizing of New England. 1907 Outlook 19 Oct. 500/1 As to Canada, Mr. Kipling had observed ‘a solidifying, a nationalising, a Canadianising of the Dominion.’ 1942 Winnipeg Free Press 7 Sept. 11/6 (headline) Leader Urges Canadianizing of R.C.A.F. 1975 Deb. House of Commons (Canada) 4 June 6444/1 Reader's Digest..has done some Canadianizing in recent years..and is vigorously striving for a greater proportion of Canadian ownership. 2016 I. Wagman in D. Taras & C. Waddell Sports (How Canadians Communicate No. 5) ii. vi. 128 All this is part of the Canadianizing of texts that come from abroad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Canadianizingadj. That Canadianizes; spec. that produces or reinforces Canadian characteristics, qualities, or attributes. ΚΠ 1905 Westminster (Toronto) Apr. 288/1 The unifying and Canadianizing influence of the public school. 1919 Manitoba Free Press 6 Dec. (Feature section) 1/1 (heading) Bridging gulf between school and home big Canadianizing factor. 1945 Queen's Q. 52 178 The greatest single Canadianizing force in British Columbia during the period 1871 to 1901 was the Canadian Pacific Railway. 1977 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 19 Nov. 11/3 A federal government can maintain a ‘Canadianizing’ influence on the entire country. 2005 M. Milner in P. Bruckner Canada & End of Empire 279 This was bound to have a ‘Canadianizing’ effect on the navy..[and] these young men seem to have had no problem with national identity. 2010 Lit. & Theol. 24 122 His formative years were spent among a cohort of Canadianizing youth, as a student at a Protestant run public school largely populated by Jews. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1889adj.1905 |
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