| 单词 | back-formation |
| 释义 | back-formation (once / 984943 pages) n WORD FAMILY back-formation USAGE EXAMPLESLike the best corporate argot, “optimize” is back-formation. New York Times(Mar 17, 2015) Stoop sales, now common in New York, are what she calls a “back-formation.” New York Times(Nov 17, 2012) n a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it Hyper word a unit of language that native speakers can identify |
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