词汇 | eggcorn |
释义 | eggcorn noun[ C ] uk /ˈeɡ.kɔːn/ us /ˈeɡ.kɔːrn/ a word or phrase that a person wrongly thinks is another word or phrase that sounds similar, for example "eggcorn" instead of "acorn": 耳误词,口误词(如把acorn听成或者说成eggcorn) Language Log mentions the eggcorn "wedding vowels" as a variant of "wedding vows".《语言日志》中提到把”wedding vows“误为”wedding vowels“的例子。 Linguistics: terminology & vocabulary abbreviated form accommodation alphabetic Anglicism antonym antonymous buzzword cognate coinage homonymic homonymy homophonic homophony hypernym productively receptive receptively referent superordinate vocab Examples of eggcorneggcorn If there is a connection in meaning, it can be called an eggcorn. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sometimes the eggcorn, reign in, is used. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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