nonce word

短语

(为特定场合的需要)而临时造的词

词形变化

nonce words 复数 nonce words

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A word invented for the occasion, especially to create alliteration or a rhyme.

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名词

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词源

From for the nonce and word. Coined by James Murray, the influential first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

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