back-formation
基本解释
- n. 逆构法;逆序造词
英汉例句
- Resurrect is also a back-formation, from resurrection.
Resurrect也是一个逆成词,来自resurrection。 - Many English-speakers over time thought this was a plural count noun, though, and so pea is a back-formation.
不过,随着时间的推移,许多以英语为母语的人认为它是可数名词的复数形式,于是就有了逆成词pea。 - A back-formation is one of those words invented because they seem to have been at the root of a different word.
逆成词之形成,是因为他们似乎是另一个词的词根。 - Well, you know, it goes back to the beginning of the formation of the personal computer industry, which--that sounds like a long time ago.
嗯,你知道,这要追溯到,个人电脑产业的形成初期,听起来相当久远了。
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权威例句
英英字典
- the invention of a new word on the assumption that a familiar word is derived from it. The verbs edit and burgle were so created from editor and burglar