Manhattanize

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To construct many tall or densely situated buildings in (a city). transitive
    — San Francisco's Board of Supervisors last month approved a new zoning law designed to limit the height and size of office towers and to reduce by half the projected employment growth downtown over the next 15 years. ¶ Adoption of the plan came after more than a decade of complaints from San Franciscans that their city was being "Manhattanized."

词形变化

Manhattanizes present,singular,third-person Manhattanizing participle,present Manhattanized participle,past Manhattanized past

词源

From Manhattan + -ize.
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