单词 | customize |
释义 | customize (once / 9579 pages) v To customize something is to make it exactly how you want it. If you put stickers all over your plain old notebook, you customize it. If you see the word customer in customize, you’re onto something — to customize is to make something to a customer’s specifications. When clothes are customized — or tailored — they’re made with you in mind, specifically. A customized suit should fit perfectly. If you customize your car, it could be bright pink with eyelashes on the headlights. Or not. WORD FAMILYcustomize: customized, customizes, customizing+/custom: customary, customise, customize, customs/customary: customarily USAGE EXAMPLESZach Both left his office job last summer, customized a Chevy van and hit the road. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) We were promised customized care at a blind rehab center. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) Currently, mobile payment methods are fragmented and often customized by product providers, such as Starbucks Corp. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) 1v make to specifications Syn|Hyper custom-make, customise, tailor-make create, make, produce create or manufacture a man-made product 2v make according to requirements customize a car Syn|Hyper customise alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation build, construct, makemake by combining materials and parts |
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