retronym

 
['retrəʊnɪm]     ['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:
  1. 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"

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