资料来源 : 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.]