英语词汇“portmanteau word”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Designating a word formed by blending sounds from two or more others and combining their meanings (esp. in portmanteau word); of or relating to such a word. Also: designating a phrase or expression formed by combining elements from others. See also sense 3b.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [noun] > a combination > of two different things of the same kind

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1877 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1875–6 183 Manx etymologists are rather fond of what Lewis Carroll calls ‘portmanteau words’.

1882 Cornhill Mag. July 25 They admirably illustrate the portmanteau word ‘slithy’ in the Jabberwocky poem.

1896 Punch 1 Aug. 58/2 To be fashionable nowadays we must ‘brunch’. Truly an excellent portmanteau word, introduced, by the way, last year, by Mr. Guy Beringer, in the now defunct Hunter's Weekly, and indicating a combined breakfast and lunch.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 10 June 2/2 As a fact Lord Rosebery was guilty of what we may call a ‘portmanteau’ quotation, in that he combined into one what Lord Salisbury said about Ireland and South Africa.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 15 Aug. 4/2 It is a wise bird that will not foul its own nest, if this portmanteau proverb may be allowed.

1927 Observer 6 Feb. 19/5 The Fijians had no words for bull or cow and now have only one portmanteau word, ‘bulumacau’.

1972 Amer. Speech 1968 43 201 He was particularly concerned with..portmanteau forms of the sort illustrated by motel for ‘motor hotel’.

1990 B. Gill N.Y. Life 335 Everyone said what a pleasing occasion it was: a true embodiment of Joyce's portmanteau pun, ‘funferall’.

2002 A. Metcalf Predicting New Words ii. 33 Chortle and galumph—both of them what Humpty Dumpty calls portmanteau words—are both in use today.

单词	portmanteau word
释义	> as lemmas portmanteau word a. Designating a word formed by blending sounds from two or more others and combining their meanings (esp. in portmanteau word); of or relating to such a word. Also: designating a phrase or expression formed by combining elements from others. See also sense 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [noun] > a combination > of two different things of the same kind portmanteau1877 1877 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1875–6 183 Manx etymologists are rather fond of what Lewis Carroll calls ‘portmanteau words’. 1882 Cornhill Mag. July 25 They admirably illustrate the portmanteau word ‘slithy’ in the Jabberwocky poem. 1896 Punch 1 Aug. 58/2 To be fashionable nowadays we must ‘brunch’. Truly an excellent portmanteau word, introduced, by the way, last year, by Mr. Guy Beringer, in the now defunct Hunter's Weekly, and indicating a combined breakfast and lunch. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 10 June 2/2 As a fact Lord Rosebery was guilty of what we may call a ‘portmanteau’ quotation, in that he combined into one what Lord Salisbury said about Ireland and South Africa. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 15 Aug. 4/2 It is a wise bird that will not foul its own nest, if this portmanteau proverb may be allowed. 1927 Observer 6 Feb. 19/5 The Fijians had no words for bull or cow and now have only one portmanteau word, ‘bulumacau’. 1972 Amer. Speech 1968 43 201 He was particularly concerned with..portmanteau forms of the sort illustrated by motel for ‘motor hotel’. 1990 B. Gill N.Y. Life 335 Everyone said what a pleasing occasion it was: a true embodiment of Joyce's portmanteau pun, ‘funferall’. 2002 A. Metcalf Predicting New Words ii. 33 Chortle and galumph—both of them what Humpty Dumpty calls portmanteau words—are both in use today. extracted from portmanteaun. < as lemmas
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