customized

customized — adjective

1. designed, built, or altered to fit one specific person or one specific use, inst

1.形容詞B2
釋義

designed, built, or altered to fit one specific person or one specific use, instead of being the same standard version that everyone gets.

例句

Vikram had a customized wheelchair built to fit his narrow apartment doorways.

customized + noun fitted to one user

The bakery sells customized birthday cakes with the child's name written in icing.

attributive use describing a product

同義詞
  • personalized

    stresses a personal touch (a name, a photo, a colour choice) rather than a change in how the thing works

  • bespoke

    more formal, common in British English, often suggests handmade and expensive (a bespoke suit)

  • tailored

    often used for plans, services, or advice fitted to one person; less common for physical objects

  • made-to-order

    neutral, focuses on the fact that the item is built only after the buyer asks for it

反義詞
  • standard

    the same version sold to everyone, with no changes

  • off-the-shelf

    ready-made and available immediately, with no buyer input

  • generic

    not designed for any one user; suits everyone roughly but no one perfectly

文法句型

customized + noun

be customized for/to

用法筆記

Almost always sits before a noun (customized car, customized plan) or after 'be' with 'for' or 'to' naming the target user or purpose. The American spelling is 'customized'; British texts usually write 'customised'.

常見錯誤

I want a customized for my laptop.
I want a customized cover for my laptop.
💡'customized' is an adjective, so it must sit in front of a noun, not stand alone as a thing.
The shop customized shoes for runners.' (when meaning the shop sells made-to-order shoes)
The shop sells customized shoes for runners.
💡without 'sells', 'customized' becomes a past-tense verb and the meaning shifts to a one-time action.