| 单词 | bowdlerizing |
| 释义 | bowdlerizing[ (bohd-luh-reye-zing, bowd-luh-reye-zing) ] Amending a book by removing passages and words deemed obscene or objectionable (see obscenity). The name comes from Thomas Bowdler's 1818 edition of the plays of William Shakespeare, which was amended so that it could “be read aloud in a family.” Words nearby bowdlerizingbow compass, Bowditch, Bowditch's law, bow divider, bowdlerize, bowdlerizing, bowed, bowel, bowel bypass, bowel bypass syndrome, Bowell The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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