資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
English \Eng"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Englished}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Englishing}.]
1. To translate into the English language; to Anglicize;
hence, to interpret; to explain.
Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more
properly, acts of fear and dissimulation. --Milton.
Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and
words in the book which he was Englishing. --T. L.
K. Oliphant.
2. (Billiards) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as
to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning
motion, that influences its direction after impact on
another ball or the cushion. [U.S.]