| 释义 |
centralized, ppl. a.|ˈsɛntrəlaɪzd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Made central, referred to a centre.
1842Penny Cycl. XXIV. 270/1 A centralised system of government. 1875Maine Hist. Inst. i. 11 The formation of strong centralised governments concentrating in themselves the public force of the community. 1885Athenæum 18 Apr. 503/3 In these days of centralized administration.
2. Phonetics. Of a vowel: made central (see central a. 1 d).
1964J. C. Catford in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 35 A ‘muffled’ or ‘centralized’ vowel-quality. 1965W. S. Allen Vox Latina ii. 57 The sound in question must..have been a more centralized, i.e. fronted, variety of u than the inherited short u. |