| 单词 | bowdlerise |
| 释义 | bowdlerise (once / 214897 pages) v WORD FAMILY bowdlerise: bowdlerisation, bowdlerised, bowdleriser, bowdlerising USAGE EXAMPLESShe added that “the diary has been bowdlerised, distorted, transmuted, reduced; it has been infantilised, Americanised, sentimentalised, falsified, kitschified, and, in fact, blatantly denied . . . ” Newsweek(Feb 05, 2015) It must, historically, have been the 1706 Grub Street version – not the bowdlerised Victorian editions. The Guardian(Aug 04, 2014) It's a pity the lyrics were bowdlerised, but you can't have everything. The Guardian(Apr 11, 2013) v edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate Syn|Hyper bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
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