| 单词 | rhotacize |
| 释义 | rhotacize in British English or rhotacise (ˈrəʊtəˌsaɪz) verb phonetics to pronounce an r sound excessively or change to an r sound rhotacize in American English (ˈroutəˌsaiz) (verb -cized, -cizing) transitive verb 1. to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism 2. to pronounce (a vowel) with r-color intransitive verb Also esp Brit rhotacise3. to undergo rhotacism Derived forms rhotacization noun Word origin [1960–65; rhotac(ism) + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, deinstitutionalize, go-go, parvovirus, proxemics-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize) |
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