| 单词 | bowdlerize |
| 释义 | bowdlerize[ bohd-luh-rahyz, boud- ] / ˈboʊd ləˌraɪz, ˈbaʊd- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bowdlerize ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), bowd·ler·ized, bowd·ler·iz·ing.to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. Also especially British, bowd·ler·ise . Origin of bowdlerize1830–40; after Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), English editor of an expurgated edition of Shakespeare OTHER WORDS FROM bowdlerizebowd·ler·ism, nounbowd·ler·i·za·tion, nounbowd·ler·iz·er, nounun·bowd·ler·ized, adjectiveWords nearby bowdlerizebow collector, bow compass, Bowditch, Bowditch's law, bow divider, bowdlerize, bowdlerizing, bowed, bowel, bowel bypass, bowel bypass syndrome Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bowdlerize
British Dictionary definitions for bowdlerizebowdlerize bowdlerise/ (ˈbaʊdləˌraɪz) / verb(tr) to remove passages or words regarded as indecent from (a play, novel, etc); expurgate Derived forms of bowdlerizebowdlerization or bowdlerisation, nounbowdlerizer or bowdleriser, nounbowdlerism, nounWord Origin for bowdlerizeC19: after Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), English editor who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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