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

To bowdlerize means to edit offensive parts out of something. If the hero in an R-rated movie adapted for TV exclaims, “Oh shoot fudge darn!” but his lips seem to be saying something else, that movie has been bowdlerized.

The word bowdlerized comes from the name of Dr. T. Bowdler, who decided to publish an edition of Shakespeare without sexual references or double-entendres (which is when a word has two meanings, one of them cheeky). Mr. Bowdler thought he was performing a great service for humanity, but generally if we call something bowdlerized, we’re implying that it was edited in a prudish way.

WORD FAMILY

bowdlerize: bowdlerization, bowdlerized, bowdlerizer, bowdlerizing+/bowdlerization: bowdlerizations/bowdlerizer: bowdlerizers

USAGE EXAMPLES

The doctrine, as we all know, comes down — in its bowdlerized version — to not doing “stupid stuff.”

Washington Post(Apr 04, 2016)

I also don’t think he was consciously bowdlerizing the song to make it more ‘‘appropriate’’ for me.

New York Times(Oct 14, 2015)

All the candidates have taken what was once a very specific ideology and extracted their favorite parts, selectively interpreting the vision and generally bowdlerizing it.

Washington Post(May 15, 2015)

v edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

bowdlerize a novel

Syn|Hyper

bowdlerise, castrate, expurgate, shorten

abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

单词	bowdlerize
释义	bowdlerize (once / 82079 pages) v To bowdlerize means to edit offensive parts out of something. If the hero in an R-rated movie adapted for TV exclaims, “Oh shoot fudge darn!” but his lips seem to be saying something else, that movie has been bowdlerized. The word bowdlerized comes from the name of Dr. T. Bowdler, who decided to publish an edition of Shakespeare without sexual references or double-entendres (which is when a word has two meanings, one of them cheeky). Mr. Bowdler thought he was performing a great service for humanity, but generally if we call something bowdlerized, we’re implying that it was edited in a prudish way. WORD FAMILY bowdlerize: bowdlerization, bowdlerized, bowdlerizer, bowdlerizing+/bowdlerization: bowdlerizations/bowdlerizer: bowdlerizers USAGE EXAMPLES The doctrine, as we all know, comes down — in its bowdlerized version — to not doing “stupid stuff.” Washington Post(Apr 04, 2016) I also don’t think he was consciously bowdlerizing the song to make it more ‘‘appropriate’’ for me. New York Times(Oct 14, 2015) All the candidates have taken what was once a very specific ideology and extracted their favorite parts, selectively interpreting the vision and generally bowdlerizing it. Washington Post(May 15, 2015) v edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate bowdlerize a novel Syn\|Hyper bowdlerise, castrate, expurgate, shorten abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
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