单词 | meta-word |
释义 | meta-wordn. Originally (Linguistics): a word which describes, classifies, or refers to another word. Also (in extended use) (Computing): a word which has significance within a given context beyond its usual meaning, e.g. one which is part of a programming or query language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] > other specific types of word hard word1533 household word1574 magic word1581 grandam words1598 signal word1645 book worda1670 wordie1718 my whole1777 foundling1827–38 keyword1827 Mesopotamia1827 thought-word1844 word-symbol1852 nursery word1853 pivot word1865 rattler1865 object word1876 pillow word1877 nonce-word1884 non-word1893 fossil1901 blessed word1910 bogy-word1919 catch-all1922 pseudo-word1929 false friend1931 plus word1939 descriptor1946 meta-word1952 discourse marker1967 shrub2008 1952 R. I. Aaron Theory of Universals xii. 240 Words will appear in our language which can never be used to refer to things but which concern the verbal solely. These are sometimes called meta-words, and such words as ‘preposition’, ‘subject’, ‘predicate’, ‘noun’, ‘adjective’, and so on are examples. 1988 Lit. & Ling. Computing 3 1/2 There are a few words that are meta-words and must be disregarded in the wordcount. 1991 Atlantic Feb. 96/4 Quux..a temporary name that, like the more commonly used ‘foo’ and ‘bar’ (all three are called ‘meta-words’), is used by computer programmers to refer to sections of code when discussing programs. 1999 PC Computing (Nexis) 1 July 174 Most of the search services support special terms called metawords that precede your keyword and tell the search engine what specific characteristic you want searched. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1952 |
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