英语词汇“bowdlerized”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

bowdlerizebowdlerize /ˈboʊdləˌraɪz/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYbowdlerize

Origin: 1800-1900 Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), English editor who removed impolite words from Shakespeare’s plays

VERB TABLE

bowdlerize

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	bowdlerize
	he, she, it	bowdlerizes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	bowdlerized
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have bowdlerized
	he, she, it	has bowdlerized
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had bowdlerized
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will bowdlerize
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have bowdlerized

Continuous Form
Present	I	am bowdlerizing
	he, she, it	is bowdlerizing
	you, we, they	are bowdlerizing
Past	I, he, she, it	was bowdlerizing
	you, we, they	were bowdlerizing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been bowdlerizing
	he, she, it	has been bowdlerizing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been bowdlerizing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be bowdlerizing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been bowdlerizing

eng. lang. arts formal to remove the parts of a book, play, etc. that you think are offensive [Origin: 1800–1900 Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), English editor who removed impolite words from Shakespeare’s plays]—bowdlerized adjective: a bowdlerized edition of “Tom Sawyer”