namesake
/ˈneɪmseɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈneɪmseɪk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈnām-ˌsāk/ (ame, mw)
namesake — 名詞
- namesakesingular
- namesakesplural
1. any person, place, or object whose name is identical to that of someone or somet
同名者
與他人或他物同名的人或事物
any person, place, or object whose name is identical to that of someone or something else — often given in honour of the earlier bearer of the name
My grandfather and I are namesakes — we both carry the name Thomas.
我和祖父同名——我們都叫 Thomas。
possessive pronoun + are namesakes — 'my ... and I are namesakes'
The boy Leo was a namesake of his uncle, a war hero.
男孩 Leo 與他那戰時英雄的叔父同名。
a namesake of [someone] — naming pattern with 'of'
Tomás named his café after its Parisian namesake, keeping the same green awnings.
Tomás 以巴黎那間同名咖啡館的名字為自己的店命名，連綠色遮陽篷也保持一致。
The museum's namesake was a local artist who donated his collection to the town.
這間博物館以一位當地藝術家命名，他將自己的收藏捐贈給了小鎮。
At the conference, Aiko met her namesake — an older woman who shared her first name.
Aiko 在會議上遇到了與她同名的一位年長女性。
- eponym
a person after whom something is named (opposite direction); e.g. 'Sandwich' is an eponym of the Earl of Sandwich
- namesake (for things)
used for places, buildings, restaurants, or brands that share a name with another location
文法句型
someone's + namesake
a / the namesake of [someone/something]
namesake + [noun] (e.g. namesake restaurant)
用法筆記
Often used with a possessive determiner ('his namesake', 'its Parisian namesake'). Common pattern is 'a namesake of [person/place]'. Can describe both people ('the singer's younger namesake') and institutions or places ('the original restaurant's London namesake').