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单词 hyponym
释义

Definition of hyponym in English:

hyponym

noun ˈhʌɪpə(ʊ)nɪmˈhaɪpəˌnɪm
  • A word of more specific meaning than a general or superordinate term applicable to it. For example, spoon is a hyponym of cutlery.

    下义词(相对其相应的广义词或上级词意义更为具体,如spoon是cutlery的下义词)。与HYPERNYM 相对

    Contrasted with hypernym
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As we saw in Chapter 7, we can appeal to entailment in order to define the relation between a superordinate term and its hyponyms.
    • More importantly, elf schot is clearly a hyponym of maladye - that is, its meaning must fall within the semantic range of maladye - so cannot denote a projectile.
    • Abbreviation hyponyms that have a plural form ending with ‘s’ can all be put into a single list.
    • I think it would also be very useful to incorporate a way to search based on hyper- and hyponyms (more and less generic versions of words).
    • In many instances, there are abbreviations for the hyponym, but no abbreviation for the more general term.

Derivatives

  • hyponymy

  • noun hʌɪˈpɒnɪmihaɪˈpɑnəmi
    • As indicated in the definition, the obtained ordering is interpreted as the semantic relation of hyponymy on the set of concepts.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • All we need to do is alter our formula for hyponymy slightly and we come up with another formula for synonymy.
      • Thus we see that lexical elements can surface different hyponymies depending on the inclusion chain that is followed.
      • Paradigmatic relations include relations such as synonymy, hyponymy, opposites (of various kinds), and entailment.
      • In this paper we present a more theoretical insight into the nature of hyponymy and troponymy basing on Fellbaum and Apresjan, among others.

Definition of hyponym in US English:

hyponym

nounˈhaɪpəˌnɪmˈhīpəˌnim
  • A word of more specific meaning than a general or superordinate term applicable to it. For example, spoon is a hyponym of cutlery.

    下义词(相对其相应的广义词或上级词意义更为具体,如spoon是cutlery的下义词)。与HYPERNYM 相对

    Contrasted with hypernym
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As we saw in Chapter 7, we can appeal to entailment in order to define the relation between a superordinate term and its hyponyms.
    • More importantly, elf schot is clearly a hyponym of maladye - that is, its meaning must fall within the semantic range of maladye - so cannot denote a projectile.
    • In many instances, there are abbreviations for the hyponym, but no abbreviation for the more general term.
    • I think it would also be very useful to incorporate a way to search based on hyper- and hyponyms (more and less generic versions of words).
    • Abbreviation hyponyms that have a plural form ending with ‘s’ can all be put into a single list.
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