folk etymology
基本解释
- 通俗詞源，民間詞源, 詞的通俗變化。
英汉例句
- Folk etymology has created the cheeseburger and the beanburger, but the first hamburgers were in fact named after the city of Hamburg.
民間詞源創造了 cheeseburger 和 beanburger，但原始 hamburger 一詞實際上是以德國漢堡市命名的。 - "cole slaw" becomes "cold slaw" through folk etymology
經過通俗變化，“cole slaw”一詞成爲“cole slaw”。 - The new folk song caught on really quickly.
這首新民歌流行得真快。 - The folk song has a good run in this area.
這支民歌在這個地區非常流行。 - The entertainers kicked off with a folk song.
表縯者唱了一首民歌作爲第一個表縯節目。
英英字典
- an explanation for the origin of a word that is believed to be true, but is, in fact, wrong