namesake
英 ['neɪmseɪk]
美['nemsek]
- n. 名义；同名物；同名的人
词态变化
复数: namesakes;
中文词源
namesake 同名的人
来自短语for the name’s sake,看在名字的缘由上，后引申词义同名的人。
英文词源
- namesake
- namesake: see sake
- namesake (n.)
- "person named for the sake of someone," 1640s, probably originally (for the) name's sake.
双语例句
- 1. Notre-Dame Cathedral in Senlis is less famous than its namesake in Paris.
- 桑利斯的圣母院不如在巴黎与其同名的圣母院有名。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Unlike his more famous namesake, this Bill Clinton has little interest in politics.
- 这位比尔∙克林顿和那位著名的同名人不同，对政治没什么兴趣。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. She's my namesake but we're not related.
- 她与我同姓,但我们不是亲戚.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He is my namesake.
- 他与我同姓.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. He is putting together a four-man team, including his son and namesake Tony o'Reilly Jnr.
- 他正在组建一个4人小队，包括和自己同名的儿子小托尼·奥赖利。
来自柯林斯例句