| 词汇 | bowdlerized |
| 释义 | bowdlerized adjective (alsoBowdlerized); (UK usuallybowdlerised, Bowdlerised)uk /ˈbaʊd.lə.raɪzd/ us /ˈbaʊd.lə.raɪzd//ˈboʊd.lə.raɪzd/ (of a book, play, film, etc.) having had words or parts that are considered unsuitable or offensive removed or changed: His account is neither a bowdlerized version of the past nor an invented one. Audiences only got to experience the work in its bowdlerised form. The novel was not published until 1950, and then in a heavily Bowdlerized version. Related word bowdlerize Opposite unbowdlerized DH Lawrence's novel was, at the time, banned in the US in all but a bowdlerised version. I never knew that "gee whiz" and "jeepers creepers" were bowdlerized versions of "Jesus". Still today, some school editions of Shakespeare are direct descendants of the Bowdlerised text. Editing & compiling abridged anthologist blue pencil bowdlerization bowdlerize co-edit compile copy edit dub excerpt over-edit post-editing proofreading recension redact revise undubbed unfiltered unindexed unrevised You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Removing and extracting Examples of bowdlerizedbowdlerized No wonder, either, that the text's occasionally coarse language was bowdlerized. It is a well-known example of military acronym slang, though it is sometimes bowdlerized to "all fouled up" or similar. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Some critics thought the film bowdlerized the book, and it was not commercially successful. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Most parents considered the bowdlerized popular cover versions more palatable for the mass audience of parents and their children. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Both are highly selected and heavily bowdlerized. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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