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namesake n.相同姓名的人；同名物 (1) 她与我同姓，但我们不是亲戚。(2) 我经常收到寄给和我同名的David的信 Use the noun namesake to describe the recipient of a handed-down name, like Bob Jr., or Ricky Smith III. Less often, the word also means anyone who shares a name with someone else, so you could refer to all the Emmas in your school as namesakes. The first recorded use of the word namesake was in the mid-1600s, and it probably began as the phrase "for the name's sake," before being condensed into a single word.

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英 ['neɪmseɪk] 美 ['neɪmseɪk] (1) She's my namesake but we're not related.(2) I often get letters that addressed to my namesake David. If your parents named you after your Great Uncle Abner, then you are his namesake. The two of you share a very nice name. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]同名的人；同名物 Someone's or something's namesake has the same name as they do.   [usu poss N]  [WRITTEN 笔语]He is putting together a four-man team, including his son and namesake Tony o'Reilly Jnr...他正在组建一个4人小队，包括和自己同名的儿子小托尼·奥赖利。Notre-Dame Cathedral in Senlis is less famous than its namesake in Paris.桑利斯的圣母院不如在巴黎与其同名的圣母院有名。

英语单词	namesake
英美音标	英 ['neɪmseɪk] 美 ['neɪmseɪk]
中文释义	n.相同姓名的人；同名物
英语例句	(1) She's my namesake but we're not related. (2) I often get letters that addressed to my namesake David.
中文例句	(1) 她与我同姓，但我们不是亲戚。 (2) 我经常收到寄给和我同名的David的信
vocabulary简明	If your parents named you after your Great Uncle Abner, then you are his namesake. The two of you share a very nice name.
vocabulary扩展	Use the noun namesake to describe the recipient of a handed-down name, like Bob Jr., or Ricky Smith III. Less often, the word also means anyone who shares a name with someone else, so you could refer to all the Emmas in your school as namesakes. The first recorded use of the word namesake was in the mid-1600s, and it probably began as the phrase "for the name's sake," before being condensed into a single word.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]同名的人；同名物 Someone's or something's namesake has the same name as they do. [usu poss N] [WRITTEN 笔语] He is putting together a four-man team, including his son and namesake Tony o'Reilly Jnr... 他正在组建一个4人小队，包括和自己同名的儿子小托尼·奥赖利。 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Senlis is less famous than its namesake in Paris. 桑利斯的圣母院不如在巴黎与其同名的圣母院有名。

Namesake Word 英 Neɪmseɪk] 美 Neɪmseɪk N.相同姓名的人；同名物 She's Related