| 单词 | meronym |
| 释义 | meronym[ mer-uh-nim ] / ˈmɛr əˌnɪm / nouna term that specifies a part of something but that refers to the whole of the thing, as, for example, the word hands in “needing more hands to finish the project,” where hands refers to people, and the term set of wheels in “driving a new set of wheels,” where set of wheels refers to an automobile. See also synecdoche. Origin of meronymFirst recorded in 1965–70 (in sense “midpoint between two extremes”); blend of mero- + -onym Words nearby meronymMeroite, meromelia, meromicrosomia, meromorphic, meromyosin, meronym, Merope, meropia, meroplankton, Merops, merorachischisis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for meronymmeronym / (ˈmɛrəʊˌnɪm) / nouna part of something used to refer to the whole, such as faces meaning people, as in they've seen a lot of faces come and go Word Origin for meronymfrom Greek meros part + onuma name Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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