universal grinder

短语

[化] 万能磨床

发音

UK /ˌjuːnɪˌvɜːsl̩ ˈɡɹaɪndə/
其它
US /ˌjunəˌvɜɹs(ə)l ˈɡɹaɪndəɹ/

词形变化

universal grinders 复数 universal grinders

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A notional mechanism whereby countable nouns are made uncountable.

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词源

From universal + grinder, from the idea that an object that is countable can generally be turned uncountable if put into an imaginary grinder and reduced to a mass of small pieces. The term was first used in print in a 1975 journal article by the American linguist and philosopher Francis Jeffry Pelletier (born 1944), after a suggestion of the American philosopher David Kellogg Lewis (1941–2001): see the quotation.

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