bowd·ler·ize /ˈbodləˌraɪz, ˈbaʊd-/
 (vt.)刪除猥褻的文句,任意刪改


 Bowd·ler·ize v. t.  [imp. & p. p. Bowdlerized p. pr. & vb. n. Bowdlerizing ]  To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive; to remove morally objectionable parts; -- said of literary texts.
 Syn: -- bowdlerise, expurgate, shorten, cut.
    It is a grave defect in the splendid tale of Tom Jones . . . that a Bowdlerized version of it would be hardly intelligible as a tale.    --F. Harrison.
 -- Bowd*ler*i*za*tion n. -- Bowd*ler*ism n.

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 bowdlerize
      v : edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
          "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate,
           shorten]