英语词汇penguinize的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Penguinize. In England Penguinize means “to publish or re- publish a book” in paperback. Penguin Books Limited, founded in 1935, specializes in paperbacks, which in days gone forever cost sixpence. No doubt the company hopes that Penguinize, or better yet, penguinize, will have currency in America, too. Pocket book is a term for a paperback book in America, taking its name from the firm Pocket Books, Inc., founded in 1939. There seems to be no verb equivalent to Penguinize here, al- though Penguin publishes books in the U.S. as well. Publishers speak of “bringing it out in paper” or “putting out a paperback edition,” etc., but nobody “Pocketbookizes” a book. Here is one place where the English are clearly outdoing the American love of shortcuts in language. Penguinize might yet fill this Ameri- can language gap, unless someone at Bantam Books comes up with “Bantamize” first.

词汇	penguinize
词源	Penguinize. In England Penguinize means “to publish or re- publish a book” in paperback. Penguin Books Limited, founded in 1935, specializes in paperbacks, which in days gone forever cost sixpence. No doubt the company hopes that Penguinize, or better yet, penguinize, will have currency in America, too. Pocket book is a term for a paperback book in America, taking its name from the firm Pocket Books, Inc., founded in 1939. There seems to be no verb equivalent to Penguinize here, al- though Penguin publishes books in the U.S. as well. Publishers speak of “bringing it out in paper” or “putting out a paperback edition,” etc., but nobody “Pocketbookizes” a book. Here is one place where the English are clearly outdoing the American love of shortcuts in language. Penguinize might yet fill this Ameri- can language gap, unless someone at Bantam Books comes up with “Bantamize” first.
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