| 单词 |
literalize |
| 释义 |
literalize, v.|ˈlɪtərəlaɪz|
[f. literal + -ize.]
trans. To render literal; to represent or accept as literal.
1826G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (1853) 96 If we are to literalise the words of our Lord. 1827Examiner 581/1 Ridicule is poorly employed in literalizing poetical allegory. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) I. 90 This disposition to literalize metaphors gave currency to the monkish stories.
Hence ˈliteralizing vbl. n. and ppl. a. Also literaliˈzation, the action of literalizing (1864 in Webster); ˈliteralizer, one who literalizes.
1848G. S. Faber Many Mansions Pref. (1851) 20 The literalising Reveries of the Chiliasts. 1866Contemp. Rev. I. 538 The hierarchical, repressive, and literalizing spirit,..will be seen to exist in the Free Church of Scotland. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 352 Several of the epithets usually applied only need literalizing to turn into the wildest of the legendary monster-stories. 1895Thinker Mag. VIII. 493 Ver. 14..does not help the literalizers at all. |
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