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单词 meronym
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meronymn.

Brit. /ˈmɛrənɪm/, U.S. /ˈmɛrəˌnɪm/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mero- comb. form1, -onym comb. form.
Etymology: < mero- comb. form1 + -onym comb. form.
1. A word denoting the mid point of two extremes. rare.
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1970 J. T. Shipley Dict. World Lit. Terms (new ed.) 196/2 Meronym, a term midway of polarity, the mean between two extremes, as convex, flat, concave; theism, agnosticism, atheism.
2. Linguistics. A word denoting an object which forms part of another object. Cf. meronymy n.
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1986 D. A. Cruse Lexical Semantics vii. 160 X is a meronym of Y if and only if sentences of the form A Y has Xs/an X and An X is a part of a Y are normal when the noun phrase an X, a Y are interpreted generically.
1988 Language & Cognitive Processes 3 27 Most of the meronym relations are clustered in the right-hand two-thirds of the figure.
1994 Guardian 10 Nov. (OnLine section) 5/4 WordNet..also includes meronyms (components, as handle is to cup), holonyms [etc.].
1997 P. H. Matthews Conc. Oxf. Dict. Linguistics at Meronymy Sleeve is a meronym of coat, dress, or blouse.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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