| 单词 | polonize |
| 释义 | polonize in British English or polonise (ˈpɒləˌnaɪz) verb (transitive) to make Polish Polonize in American English (ˈpouləˌnaiz) transitive verbWord forms: -nized, -nizing Also esp Brit Polonise1. to make Polish; cause or force to take on ways, customs, viewpoints, etc., that are characteristically Polish 2. to alter (a word or phrase) so that it becomes Polish in form or character Derived forms Polonization noun Word origin [1885–90; ‹ ML Polon(ia) Poland + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: booster, retread, roller coaster, seminar, twofer-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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