zoosemy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The metaphorical use of animal names or animal-related terms to denote human qualities, e.g. chicken, sly fox, mother hen etc. as epithets for human individuals.

    不可数 语言学

词源

From zoo-; sem- (from Ancient Greek σῆμα "token, sign"); -y.

来源：wiktionary