eponym

解释

• n. 名字被用于命名地方的人，齐名的人

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中文词源

eponym 名祖（用姓名，名称命名地方，发现，发明等）

epi-, 在上，在中。-onym, 名字，词源同name, anonymous.

英文词源

eponym (n.)

one whose name becomes that of a place, a people, an era, an institution, etc., 1833, from Greek eponymos "given as a name, giving one's name to something," as a plural noun (short for eponymoi heroes) denoting founders (legendary or real) of tribes, cities, etc.; from comb. form of epi "upon, (called) after," (see epi-) + onyma, Aeolic dialectal variant of onoma "name" (see name (n.)).

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例句和用法

1. Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician john down.

唐氏综合症是用英国医生约翰·唐(JohnDown)的名字命名的.

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2. Constantine I is the eponym for constantinople.

君士坦丁堡(constantinople)得名于康斯坦丁一世(ConstantineI).

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