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单词 bowdlerise
释义

bowdlerize or bowdlerise /bowˈdlə-rīz/

transitive verb

To expurgate a book or writing, by removing whatever might be considered indelicate, esp to do so unnecessarily

ORIGIN: Dr T Bowdler (1754–1825), who published an expurgated Shakespeare in ten volumes in 1818

bowdˈlerism noun

bowdlerizāˈtion or bowdlerisāˈtion noun

bowdˈlerizer or bowdˈleriser noun

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