brownify

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make or become more brown.
    — do not forget his green and gold, and, I have to add, a cock and pinched hat equally rusty, with a break in the centre, from the polite bows he always made, and with a pair of brownified silk stockings – such was once poor A—— – now he has short hair, a plain coat, a gigured velvet waistcoat and worsted stockings
  2. To make or become more brown.; To cause to contain more racially 'brown' people, elements, or culture. informal
    — We are all going to intermarry and brownify and hold hands and honor our essential human cousinhood—weren't we?
  3. To make or become more brown.; To become brown due to increased levels of humic material.

词形变化

brownifies present,singular,third-person brownifying participle,present brownified participle,past brownified past

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词源

From brown + -ify.
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