Bowdlerize



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.删除
• ［英］ v.删除 ( expurgate)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-ized; -izing)

• Etymology: Thomas Bowdler died 1825 English editor
• Date: 1836
• 1. to expurgate (as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
• 2. to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content
• ? bowdlerization noun
• ? bowdlerizer noun

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