| 释义 |
rusticize, v.|ˈrʌstɪsaɪz|
[f. rustic a. + -ize.]
1. intr. To speak in a country dialect.
1822New Monthly Mag. V. 244 Our farmers neither wear cowskin waistcoats, nor rusticise like Hobbinol and Diggon Davy.
2. trans. To relegate to the country.
1841Blackw. Mag. XLIX. 488 What can interest you or me, Eusebius, rusticized in this odious February?
3. To render rustic in appearance.
1868Browning Ring & Bk. viii. 1309 We changed our garb And rusticized ourselves with uncouth hat [etc.]. |