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bowdlerize

🇬🇧 UK/'baudlәraiz/🇺🇸 US
GRE

Definitions

v.

To remove or alter parts of a text considered offensive or indecent

删改(书中被认为不雅的内容)

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
bowdlerother
+
izmake, cause to be
+
esuffix
=bowdlerize

Common Collocations

  • 1.bowdlerize a text审查文本

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The publisher bowdlerized the novel by removing controversial passages.

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