单词	apostrophize
释义	apostrophize /əˈpɒstrəfʌɪz / (also apostrophise) verb [with object] 1 Rhetoric Address an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem to (someone or something): it isn’t just any poet who could apostrophize his clapped-out van... In lyrics, I would claim, this possibility of address reveals a fundamental structure - whether the poem actually apostrophizes anyone or anything. Both frequently apostrophize unidentified addressees, and both manipulate pronouns in intriguing ways, but his lyrics imply mundane, domestic situations. Lucy apostrophizes the elements as her demonic foe. 2Punctuate (a word) with an apostrophe: pupils claimed that had been taught to apostrophize plurals... Personally I think there is a case for omitting the apostrophe when the word which might be apostrophised describes, either on its own or as part of a compound adjective, what sort of noun it is, rather than who it belongs to. I hate when I apostrophize words incorrectly and there is no edit feature. I didn't apostrophize my plurals in my post.
随便看	unpatrolled unpatroned unpatronising unpatronized unpatronizing unpatronizingly unpatterned unpauperized unpause unpausing unpave unpaved unpawn unpawned unpay unpayable unpaying unpayment un-PC unpeace unpeaceable unpeaceably unpeaceful unpeated unpedantic

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