单词 | nonsense word |
释义 | > as lemmasnonsense word nonsense word n. a word having no accepted meaning; (also) = nonsense syllable n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] > nonsense word nonsense word1846 1846 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 500/2 He sang one of those charming little Tiranas, to which he improvised the usual nonsense words as he proceeded. 1919 J. B. Watson Psychol. ix. 336 Nonsense words or syllables are made by separating two consonants with a vowel as ver, gax and moc. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring i. vi. 130 Out of a long string of nonsense-words (or so they seemed) the voice rose up loud and clear. 1990 Internat. Rev. Appl. Linguistics 28 296 A series of experiments on nonsense words—some pronounceable, some unpronounceable for particular language speakers (e.g. sland vs. ndasl). < as lemmas |
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