| 单词 | portmanteau |
| 释义 | portmanteau (once / 2600 pages) 1n 2n A portmanteau is a large suitcase. The word comes from French porter "carry" and manteau "mantle, or cloak" — so it's what you carry your clothes in. Or, a portmanteau is a word made by combining two other words. You might remember portmanteau from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, where Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice the portmanteau word, in which "two meanings are packed up into one word." So, according to Humpty Dumpty, slithy means "lithe and slimy," and mimsy is "flimsy and miserable." You can make your own portmanteau words, and here are some examples for inspiration: smog (smoke + fog); brunch (breakfast + lunch), sitcom (situation + comedy), and infomercial (information + commercial). WORD FAMILYportmanteau: portmanteaus, portmanteaux USAGE EXAMPLESChrismukkah is the portmanteau coined by the show’s character Seth Cohen to refer to the celebration of both Christmas and Hanukah. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) Four levels of “spiciness” are on offer — keeping in mind that in the portmanteau Chinese word mala, only the second syllable refers to heat. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) Such groups seem to like portmanteau or hybrid names. Economist(Sep 05, 2016) 1 n a large travelling bag made of stiff leather 2Syn|Hyper Gladstone, Gladstone bag bag, grip, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes n a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings `motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel' `brunch' is a well-known portmanteau Syn|Hyper blend, portmanteau word coinage, neologism, neology a newly invented word or phrase |
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