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eponym

时间:2022-08-30 21:32:27

中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.名字被用来命名国家[地方等]的真人(或神话中的人)。
2.与某时期[运动,学说等]有关的人〔如构成 Elizabethan 一词的 Elizabeth〕。
adj.
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the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); "Down''s syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down"

the person for whom something is named; "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople"

An eponym is a person or thing, whether real or fictional, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named.Dictionary.

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