bowdlerize
vt.删除(书等的)不妥的文句,删改,修订
难易程度:
bowdlerize为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:bowdlerized 过去分词:bowdlerized 现在分词:bowdlerizing 第三人称单数:bowdlerizes 名词:bowdlerism
bowdlerize
/'baʊdləraɪz; `baudlə,raɪz/
v [Tn] (sometimes derog 有时作贬义) remove words or scenes considered indecent from (a book, play, etc); expurgate; censor 删除(书刊、剧本等中)有伤风化的词语或场面;删去; 删改.
bowdlerize
v [T]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), English editor who removed impolite words from Shakespeare's plays]
to remove all the parts of a book, play etc that you think might offend someone - used to show disapproval
a bowdlerized version of 'Antony and Cleopatra'