bowdlerize
verb[T]
disapproving(alsoBowdlerize);(UKusuallybowdlerise,Bowdlerise)uk/ˈbaʊd.lə.raɪz/us/ˈboʊd.lə.raɪz/us/ˈbaʊd.lə.raɪz/toremovewords orpartsfrom abook,play, orfilmthat areconsideredto beunsuitableoroffensive:
(对不适宜或具有冒犯性的内容进行)删节,删改Theversionof theplaythat Isawhad beenhorriblybowdlerized.我所看到的这部戏的版本已被删改得面目全非。
Synonym
expurgateformal
Editing & compiling
- abridged
- anthologist
- blue pencil
- bowdlerization
- bowdlerized
- co-edit
- compile
- dub
- emend
- excerpt
- fact-checking
- lexicographer
- non-editorial
- over-edit
- post-editing
- proofreading
- revised
- subedit
- undubbed
- unfiltered
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Removing and extracting