单词 | bowdlerize |
释义 | bowd·ler·ize ![]() tr.v. bowd·ler·ized, bowd·ler·iz·ing, bowd·ler·iz·es To remove material that is considered offensive or objectionable from (a book, for example); expurgate. [After Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818.] bowdler·ism n. bowd′ler·i·zation (-lər-ĭ-zāshən) n. bowdler·iz′er n. |
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