bastardize

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈbæstɚdaɪz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate. British,English,Oxford,US
    — Our law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if it be born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock.
  2. To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase. British,English,Oxford,US
    — The simplified word processor is a less-functional, bastardized version of the full program.
  3. To beget out of wedlock. British,English,Oxford,US
    — I should / have been that I am, had the maidenliest star in the / firmament twinkled on my bastardizing.

词形变化

bastardizes present,singular,third-person bastardizing participle,present bastardized participle,past bastardized past bastardise alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
bastardizer embastardize unbastardized

词源

Etymology tree
English bastard
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English bastardize
From bastard + -ize.
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