Birminghamize
发音
UK
/ˈbɜː.mɪŋ.əmaɪz/
US
/ˈbɝ.mɪŋ.əmaɪz/
词形变化
Birminghamized
Birminghamizes
三单
Birminghamizes
Birminghamizing
Birminghamizing
现在分词
Birminghamized
过去式
Birminghamized
过去分词
别名
Birminghamise
释义与例句
v.
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1.
To make ersatz
过时 及物1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits, ch. Ⅴ – "Ability". “The manners and customs of society are artificial;—made-up men with made-up manners;—and thus the whole is Birminghamized, and we have a nation whose existence is a work of art;—a cold, barren, almost arctic isle being made the most fruitful, luxurious and imperial land in the whole earth.”
词源
Attested since 1856, from Birmingham + -ize. From the English city being known for cheap knock-off goods. Coined by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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