单词 | misnomer |
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音标 | ['mis'nəumə] |
解释 | n.名字的误用 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 名字的误用 (a wrong or unsuitable name) 【记】 mis+nom(名字)+er 【例】 ' Road ' was a misnomer for the rough track along which we had to drive. |
字源 | misnomer (n.) mid-15c., "mistaken identification of an accused or convicted person," from Anglo-French, Old French mesnomer "to misname, wrongly name," noun use of infinitive, from mes- "wrongly" (see mis- (2)) + nomer "to name," from Latin nominare "nominate" (see nominate). For noun use of French infinitives, see waiver. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】mis 错误 + nomer 【相关】nominate 提名, 推荐, 命名 |
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