| 单词 | slenderize |
| 释义 | slenderize in British English or slenderise (ˈslɛndəˌraɪz) verb mainly US and Canadian to make or become slender slenderize in American English (ˈslɛndərˌaɪz) verb transitiveWord forms: ˈslenderˌized or ˈslenderˌizing 1. to make or cause to seem slender verb intransitive 2. to become slender slenderize in American English (ˈslendəˌraiz) (verb -ized, -izing) transitive verb 1. to make slender or more slender 2. to cause to appear slender dresses that slenderize the figure intransitive verb Also esp Brit slenderise3. to become slender Derived forms slenderization (ˌslendərəˈzeiʃən) noun slenderizer noun Word origin [1920–25; slender + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: audio, follow-up, self-service, slalom, zipper-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize) |
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