To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it.
例句
I'm bowdlerizing it — just slightly changing one or two words so listeners won't be upset.我在對它作些改動——只是改換個別字眼，好讓聽眾更容易接受。...a bowdlerised version of the song.這首歌曲的刪節(jié)版
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;