英
['retrəʊnɪm]
美
['retroʊnɪm]
- n. 当某事物的原名不再适用的时候为它造的新词；如"第一次世界大战(World War I)"；其在二战之前叫做"大战"(the Great War)
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retronym的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：
英英释义
Noun:
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a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate;
"Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so `analog clock' is a retronym"
