eggcorn

发音

UK /ˈɛɡkɔːn/
AU
CA /ˈɛɡkɔɹn/
US /ˈɛɡkɔɹn/
US /ˈeɪɡkɔɹn/
CA /ˈeɪɡkɔɹn/

词形变化

eggcorns 复数 eggcorns

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used in a seemingly logical or plausible way for another word or phrase either on its own or as part of a set expression

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词源

Suggested by British-American linguist Geoffrey K. Pullum following a discussion on the Language Log website on September 23, 2003, by American linguist Mark Liberman, about a woman who had long believed the word acorn to be egg corn.

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