meronym
/ˈmerənɪm/noun
- Linguistics a term which denotes part of something but which is used to refer to the whole of it, e.g. faces when used to mean people in I see several familiar faces present.【语言学】借喻（如I see several familiar faces present中的faces表示“人”）。
派生词
meronymy
/məˈrɒnəmɪ/ noun词源
from Greek meros 'part' + onuma 'name'.