citify

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To become more like or more in the character of a city. informal,intransitive
    — The metropolis grows like a tree in concentric circles, rim upon rim, the inner rings hardening or "citifying" and the outer bark expanding or "urbanizing."
  2. To make more like or more in the character of a city. slang,transitive
    — Harness racing was being citified by crooked lawyers.
  3. To make more like a city person. informal,transitive
    — We may be clothed, citified, and civilized, but we carry deep within us the genetic patterns of behavior that served our ancestor, the "killer ape."

词形变化

citifies present,singular,third-person citifying participle,present citified participle,past citified past cityfy alternative

词汇关系

近义词
urbanize
反义词
countrify

词源

Etymology tree
English city
English -fy
English citify
From city + -fy.
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