What did “gay” originally mean? A. happy B. sad C. angry D. tired 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 A。“gay”最初的意思是“happy(快乐的)”。选项 B“sad(悲伤的)”、C“angry(生气的)”和 D“tired(疲惫的)”都不是“gay”原来的意思。反馈 收藏 ...
Choose the type of classic literature that you enjoy reading from past experience. ☆ Keep a dictionary on hand. Use the Oxford English Dictionary as a reference for the words you don’t know or to find out some certain words that have changed in meaning over time. Start slowly and work ...
A. semantic shift B. lexical change C. syntactic change D. phonological change 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 A。本题考查语义转变。“gay”这个词的意思随着时间发生了显著变化,这属于语义转变。选项 B 词汇变化范围更广;选项 C 句法变化涉及句子结构;选项 D 语音变化指语音方面的改变。反馈 收藏 ...
相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 B。现在“cool”这个词可以表示“时尚的”“fashionable”。选项 A“cold”是“冷”的意思,与现在“cool”的流行含义不同。选项 C“warm”是“温暖”的意思,不符合。选项 D“hot”是“热”的意思,也不是“cool”现在的含义。反馈 收藏 ...
how long nice has been used C.why the meaning of nice changed D.how the meaning of nice changed over time 4.The word AMELIORATION means a word's meaning__ A.can change from its start B.changes from bad to good C.changes from good to bad D.remains the same over time 5.What will...
•Keep a dictionary on hand.Use the Oxford English Dictionary as a reference for the words you don't know or to find out some certain words that have changed in meaning over time.Start slowly and work on reading 30 minutes a day to get into the(88)habit. ...
Major types of semantic changes aresemantic broadening, semantic narrowing and semantic shift.Semantic broadening refers to the process in which the meaning of a word becomes more general or inclusive than its historically earlier denotation. Take the word "holiday" for example, The older meaning was...
what “nice" used to meanB. how long “nice"has been usedC. why the meaning of "nice" changedD. how the meaning of “nice"changed over time()50. The word “AMELIORATION" means a word's meaning.A. can change from its startB. changes from bad to goodC. changes from good to bad...
Semantic narrowing is a process in which the meaning of a word becomes less general or inclusive than its historically earlier meaning. For example, " wife," used to mean "any woman," but now it means “married females” only. Semantic shift is a process of semantic change in which a wo...
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