| 单词 | stump word |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstump word stump word n. a word formed by abbreviating a single longer one, esp. by reducing it to a single syllable (frequently the first) or the minimum necessary for understanding; cf. clipping n.2 2c. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction > a contracted word syncope1530 syncopation?1533 abbreviation1576 abbreviature1602 abridgement1612 contract1669 contraction1755 shrivel1873 suspension1896 stump word1922 clipping1933 1922 O. Jespersen Lang. ii. ix. 169 We come to those changes which result in what one may call ‘stump-words’... Words may undergo violent shortenings both by children and adults. 1963 Amer. Speech 38 156 Other stump words or clipped forms such as info, auto. 1971 Radio Times 26 Aug. True life was melo about the first woman to win the George Cross. (As a stump word, ‘melo’ is short for ‘melodrama’.) < as lemmas |
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