单词 | bowdlerise |
释义 | bowdlerize or bowdlerise /bowˈdlə-rīz/transitive verbTo 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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