hypernym
hypernym — 名詞
- hypernymsingular
- hypernymsplural
1. in language study, a broad word that covers several more specific words under it
上位詞
意義可涵蓋多個下位詞的詞
in language study, a broad word that covers several more specific words under it
In class, Ms. Chen said fruit is a hypernym for apple and pear.
課堂上，Chen 老師說 fruit 是 apple 和 pear 的上位詞。
X is a hypernym for Y and Z
The worksheet asked Dewi to match each hypernym with three more exact words.
那張講義要 Dewi 把每個上位詞和三個更精確的詞配對。
match a hypernym with its member words
Our teacher wrote vehicle as a hypernym above bus, train, and taxi.
老師把 vehicle 寫在 bus、train 和 taxi 上方，當作上位詞。
Gabriel circled animal because it was the hypernym in the word map.
Gabriel 圈出 animal，因為它是那張詞彙圖裡的上位詞。
During revision, Kabir confused hypernym with synonym until the diagram helped.
複習時，Kabir 把上位詞和同義詞搞混了，直到圖表幫他看懂。
confuse hypernym with another word-relation term
- broad hypernym
- identify the hypernym
- hypernym for
- hypernym-hyponym pair
- superordinate
the more formal linguistics label for the larger category word
- generic term
a broader everyday description, less tied to technical analysis
- hyponym
a more specific word that belongs inside the larger category
文法句型
a hypernym for X
X is a hypernym of Y
用法筆記
Usually used in language study when you compare a broad category word with more exact member words such as fruit and apple.
常見錯誤
同根字
- hypernymic形容詞C2
- hypernymy名詞C2