单词 | australianize |
释义 | Australianize in British English or Australianise (ɒˈstreɪlɪəˌnaɪz) verb (esp of a new immigrant) to adopt or cause to adopt Australian habits and attitudes; integrate into Australian society Australianize in American English (ɔˈstreiljəˌnaiz) transitive verb or intransitive verbWord forms: -ized, -izing to make or become Australian in speech, manners, practices, etc Also, esp. Brit.: Australianise Word origin [1880–85; australian + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, automatism, interface, jackpot, pari-mutuel-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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