| 单词 |
parochialize |
| 释义 |
parochialize, v.|pəˈrəʊkɪəlaɪz|
[f. parochial + -ize.]
1. trans. To make parochial.
a1846Brit. Crit. cited in Worcester. 1870Goulburn Cathedral System i. 15 Do not parochialise [the Cathedrals], or turn them into vast parish churches. 1886G. L. Gomme Lit. Local Instit., A private act..to enclose, allot, and parochialise and make it chargeable to the poor.
2. intr. To do parish work; to work a parish.
1871Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue §310 Young ladies who helped the parson in any way were said to parochialize. 1881Ch. Times 10 June 382 There are crowds of people who have not the very slightest aptitude for parochializing.
Hence paˈrochializing vbl. n. and ppl. a.; paˈrochialiˈzation.
1877T. Sinclair Mount (1878) 5 It can well be put, whether the parochialising of great men may not be in some way an immoral kind of pursuit. 1884Nonconf. & Indep. 11 Dec. 1179/2 The new constituencies..ought to be able to rise above parochialising influences. 1884Pall Mall G. 4 Dec. 11/2 The ‘parochialization’ of our borough contests. A man who is nobody out of his own ward..is often within his proper district a great gun. 1896Antiquary June 171 The scheme..included the parochialization of the cathderal. |
英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容：
相关热词搜索：parochialize英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语
单词 inexpressible 释义 inexpressible adj too great to be expressed in words 无法用言语表达......