- 1均質化；使同質化
To homogenize something is to change it so that its parts become similar, or the same. The picture most people have is milk: a machine breaks the fat into tiny drops so they stay mixed, and you no longer get a cream layer on top. From that factory sense the word spread.
To homogenize something To homogenize something is就是 to change it改變某個東西 so that its parts become similar, or the same讓它的各個部分變得相似,或變得一樣. The picture most people have大多數人腦中的畫面 is milk是牛奶: a machine機器 breaks the fat into tiny drops把脂肪打成微小的顆粒 so they stay mixed讓它們保持混合, and you no longer get a cream layer on top你就不會再看到上面浮一層奶油. From that factory sense從這個工廠意義開始 the word spread這個字就擴散開來.
A company may homogenize its shops so every branch looks identical. A critic may say that a streaming service homogenizes music — it sands down the odd, local edges until everything sounds alike. That second use is almost never a compliment.
A company一間公司 may homogenize its shops可能會homogenize它的分店 so every branch looks identical讓每一家看起來都一樣. A critic有評論家 may say that可能會說 a streaming service串流服務 homogenizes music homogenize了音樂 — it它 sands down the odd, local edges把奇特、在地的稜角都磨平 until everything sounds alike直到一切聽起來都很像. That second use第二種用法 is almost never a compliment幾乎從來不是稱讚.
American English homogenize; British English often homogenise. Both are said ho-MOJ-uh-nize, with the stress on MOJ, which is a different rhythm from homogeneous (ho-muh-JEE-nee-us). The -ize / -ise spelling does not change the meaning.
American English美式英文 writes homogenize寫homogenize; British English英式英文 often writes homogenise常寫homogenise. Both兩者的唸法 are said都是 ho-MOJ-uh-nize ho-MOJ-uh-nize, with the stress on MOJ重音在MOJ, which is a different rhythm跟...節奏不一樣 from homogeneous跟homogeneous (ho-muh-JEE-nee-us) (ho-muh-JEE-nee-us). The -ize / -ise spelling -ize/-ise的拼法 does not change the meaning不會改變意思.
Though actually, even in Britain, scientific papers often keep the -ize form.
Though actually不過其實, even in Britain就算在英國, scientific papers科學論文 often keep也常常保留 the -ize form -ize的寫法.
core核心畫面
組成From homogen(eous) + -ize, the verb ending that means "make into."
同家族的字
- homogeneousthe adjective: already all of the same type
- homogenizedthe form used especially of milk
- homogenisethe usual British spelling of the same verb
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
homogenizeverb/həˈmɒdʒənaɪz/
- 1
To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.
- While we neither refute nor endorse this contention of arrival at a more inclusive postmodernity, our analyses seek to explore the strange agencies that neoliberalism has set into motion under the banner of ablenationalism: first in a discussion of a backlash against the homogenizing implications of universal disability access design in cities and national monuments addressed by the contemporary European art theorist Paul Virilio, and in the complaints about paving over U.S. national parklands by American desert environmentalist Edward Abbey.
- 2
To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.
- 3
To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。