| 单词 |
commonize |
| 释义 |
commonize, v. rare.|ˈkɒmənaɪz|
[f. common + -ize: cf. fraternize.]
1. intr. (University colloq.) To combine ‘commons’, so as to form a joint meal. So ˈcommonizing vbl. n.
1863G. M. Hopkins Let. 4 May (1956) 75 Yesterday I commonized for breakfast with Hardy. Ibid., Commonizing is drawing your own commons at another man's rooms. 1865Cornh. Mag. Feb. 226 It is a very common plan for two or more men to ‘commonize’..at breakfast; each man having his ‘commons’, bread and butter from the buttery, put into a common stock.
2. trans. To make common or vulgar. So ˈcommonizing ppl. a.
1843R. H. Horne Orion Pref., I have adopted the Greek mythological names..with a view of getting rid of commonizing associations. 1886Art Age Nov. 43/3 There being a movement in favor of enameling wood, because from the expensiveness of the process it is not likely to be commonised by use in hotels, bar-rooms and railroad stations, as hard woods have been. 1895Westm. Gaz. 13 Mar. 5/2 The reproduction of copyright pictures in this way was obviously calculated to do injury by ‘commonising’ the artist's design. 1918Galsworthy Five Tales 226 Suppose..they commonised her, as Sunday clothes always commonised village folk!
3. U.S. To convert (a proper name) into a common noun (verb, adjective, etc.); to derive (a common noun, etc.) from a proper name. Also intr. for pass.
1974Amer. Speech 1971 XLVI. 122 From its use as a proper place name, the Watergate quickly became a proper name for an improper event. There are signs..that it is commonizing... ‘Equally cynical and deceitful are the corporate Watergates.’ 1979Amer. Speech 1976 LI. 148 Well-known examples of trade names that have been commonized are aspirin, cellophane,..nylon, thermos, and zipper. 1982Comments on Etym. XII. v. & vi. 6 Yiddish yente is a female given name as well as a common noun with several pejorative meanings... Only yente (not yentl or yentlin) has been commonized. |
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