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To Americanize something is to change it so that it feels more American: the food, the spelling, the way a company is run, even a person’s name. It can be a choice — a shop Americanizes its menu — or something people say is happening to a whole country. The verb is first found in writing in 1797. British spelling is Americanise. The word is not rude by itself; the tone depends on the speaker, who may sound proud, tired, or .
(使)美國化
組成American + -ize (“to make …”). First attested in 1797.
同家族的字
- Americanthe adjective the verb is built from
- Americanizationthe noun for the process
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Americanizeverb
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To render American; to adapt to the custom, culture, or style of the United States of America.
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To localize a medium for sale or use in the United States.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。