| 释义 |
alphabetize, v.|ˈælfəbɪtaɪz|
[f. alphabet + -ize.]
1. To express or symbolize by alphabetic letters; to reduce to (alphabetic) writing.
1867A. M. Bell Vis. Speech 91 Languages also which have never been reduced to writing may now be alphabetized.
2. To arrange alphabetically.
1880N.Y. Nation 12 Aug. 2 (Advt.) Schools..alphabetized, first by States, second by Towns, third by Initial Letters. 1882Artist 1 Feb. 62 Nor is the list always correctly alphabetized. |