vt. 译成拉丁语, 使成拉丁语文风, 罗马天主教化

Latinize \Lat"in*ize\, v. i.
To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. --Dryden.

2. To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman
Catholic Church.


Latinize \Lat"in*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Latinized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Latinizing}.] [L. latinizare: cf. F. latiniser.]
1. To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign
words, in writing Latin.

2. To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or
Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins,
especially in speech. ``Latinized races.'' --Lowell.

3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its
ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England.

4. to write in the latin alphabet.

Syn: Romanize.
[WordNet 1.5]