| 单词 | relic form |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrelic form relic form n. (a) Biology an animal, species, etc., that is a relic (relic n. 2c); (b) Linguistics a linguistic form that survives as a relic (relic n. 4e). ΚΠ 1889*Relic form [see sense 1]. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xxvii. 479 This may be disclosed by isolated relic forms, or by the characteristic phenomenon of hyper-forms. 1951 Amer. Speech 26 13 The preservation of relic forms is made possible by geographical or cultural isolation. 1968 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 55 681 The diploid populations appear to be relic forms which are surviving as endemics in relatively restricted ecological zones. 1998 Amer. Speech 73 154 This feature has apparently become an infrequently used relic form in the Anglo-American varieties of Robeson County. < as lemmas |
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