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单词 meta-word
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meta-wordn.

Brit. /ˈmɛtəwəːd/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌwərd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, word n.
Etymology: < meta- prefix + word n.
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.
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plus word1939
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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).
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