noun
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- a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
- Synonym: Gladstone Gladstone bag
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- a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
- `smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'
- `motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'
- `brunch' is a well-known portmanteau
- Synonym: blend portmanteau word
数据来源:WordNet
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‘ Depression ’ is a portmanteau condition .
“忧郁症”是一种综合症状。
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Another handy portmanteau - short for " Greek referendum " .
Greferendum希腊公投这是又一个容易看穿的合成词,是“希腊公投”的缩写形式。
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The term is a portmanteau of Monday and daze1 where the word daze means confusion and distress3 .
该词是Monday和daze两个词组合而成,daze可做动词和名词,指“茫然、迷惑”或者“使感到茫然、迷惑”。
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The word shampaign is a portmanteau of the words sham to be genuine " and " one who assumes a false character " .
Shampaign一词是sham和campaign两个词的合成形式。在线字典对sham一词的解释为“冒充真货的赝品”和“假冒某个身份的人”。
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The term " cyberchondria " is a portmanteau neologism derived from the terms cyber - and hypochondria .
“Cyberchondria”是“网络”和“臆想病”混合而成的新词。
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Staycation is a portmanteau that combines " stay " and " vacation " and refers to a holiday that takes place either at or near home .
“宅度假”是由stay(宅)和vacation(度假)组成的混合词,指在家或家附近度假。
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Glocalization ( a portmanteau of globalization and localization ) is the adaptation of international products around the particularities of a local culture in which they are sold .
“全球本土化”(全球化与本土化两个英文单词的混成词)是指全球化的产品适应所销售国家的本土化特征。
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Mansplaining is a portmanteau of the words man and explaining , defined as " to explain something to someone , typically a man to woman , in a manner regarded as condescending1 or patronizing . "
“男人说教”是英文单词“男人”和“解释说明”两个词的合成词,指的是“向别人,通常为男性向女性,解释某件事情,而且是以一副居高临下的姿态”。
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Loiterature , a portmanteau of loitering and literature to articles , posts , books , or other material that a person reads while waiting for someone , bus , elevator , or in line for service .
Loiterature是loitering和literature两个词的混成词,指等人、等车、等电梯或者等候服务时读的文章、网贴、书籍或者其他阅读材料,我们可以称之为“闲晃文学”。Loitering指待在某地或者漫无目的来回走动。
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A portmanteau sentence is a sentence which has a hybrid structure from two sentences in different languages .
溶合句是从两种不同语言的句子结构溶合在一起而生成的一种句内语码转换句。
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There are some worthless articles of clothing in the old portmanteau .
在那口旧皮箱里,放着几件不值钱的衣物。
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The word e-tailer is a portmanteau word derived from'electronic'and'retailer ' , in a similar way to'e-mail ' .
E-tailer是electronic和retailer两个词组合而成的,与e-mail这个词的构成方式一样。
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I rang the bell , and directed my servant to pack my portmanteau .
我打了铃,吩咐听差把我的旅行皮包收拾好。
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There was a small portmanteau in the room , and this he pulled out and began to strap .
房间里只有一只小小的旅行箱,他就把它拉了出来,忙着系箱上的皮带。
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Generative Mechanism of Portmanteau Sentence
溶合句的生成机制
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The official secrets act was described as a piece of portmanteau legislation , covering everything from nuclear weapons to army boots .
《官方保密法》被描述为一个内容庞杂的立法,涵盖了从核武器到军靴的一切东西。
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The name Wikipedia is a portmanteau of the words wiki ( a type of collaborative website ) and encyclopedia .
Wikipedia这个名称是由单词wiki(一种协作式站点)和encyclopedia组合而成。
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Taylor Swift coined this portmanteau of " Swift " and " Christmas " in 2014 .
泰勒·斯威夫特于2014年创造了这个Swift和Christmas的合成词。
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There now ," said eug nie , while I change my costume do you lock the portmanteau . "
“现在,”欧热妮说,“我换衣服,你锁上那只提包。”
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No relation with paralysis or paraplegia is intended , though the word Paralympic was originally a portmanteau combining paraplegic and Olympic .
虽然残奥会的单词是瘫痪和奥运会的合成词,但是与瘫痪或者下肢瘫痪没有直接联系。
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" Bromance " is a portmanteau , a combination of the words " brother " and " romance " .
Bromance这个词是brother(兄弟)和romance(爱情)两个单词的合成词形式。
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These may be called male engagement rings or mengagement rings , which is a portmanteau of " man " and " engagement ring ".
这种女方送给男方的订婚戒指叫做男士订婚戒(maleengagementring或者mengagementring),mengagementring是man(男士)和engagementring(订婚戒)两个词的合成形式。
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Visceralization is a portmanteau between visceral and visualization .
内在化是一种多功能的介于发自肺腑的和视觉化之间的感觉。
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Stuffing shirts into his portmanteau .
把衬衣塞进他的旅行箱。
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The essay not only analyses the artistic effect of puns , onomatopoeia , neologism , portmanteau and transforming citations , but also explores their functions in the particular context .
文章不仅详细地分析了小说中的双关语、拟声词、杜撰新词、混合词和转换引语等语言现象的艺术效果,而且还深入探讨了它们在特定语境中的作用。
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Portmanteau words linking " snow " with " apocalypse " and " armageddon ", used to describe the record snowfalls in the US East Coast and Northern Europe last winter .
这个词是用来指在去年年底在美国以及北欧地区遭受的暴风雪袭击。
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The most difficult part in Finnegans Wake is the self-made words which include portmanteau words , transformed words , combined words and nomenclatures which are used ungrammatically and arbitrarily .
《芬尼根的守灵》中最难的就是乔伊斯自造的词语,包括混成词、变形词、组合词以及以不合语法的方式任意插入的外来词和专有名词。
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The second rule is to resist portmanteau names , in which respectable words - in this case health , engineers and pioneers - are cut up and glued together to create something monstrous .
第二,别用拼造的词命名。这种做法将美好的词切分后再生拼硬造成古怪的新词,如西门子就是把health(健康)、engineers(工程师)及pioneers(先锋)拼成Healthineers。
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The second name is a portmanteau : Gallo is derived from the Latin word for rooster , gallus , while pavo is the Latin word for peacock .
第二个词是一个混合词:Gallo来源拉丁词公鸡,pavo来源拉丁词孔雀。
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For those with a grammatical bent , the addition of a conjunction transforms the word strategic from an adjective describing the economic dialogue into a portmanteau adjective describing anything Hillary Clinton damn well wants .
对那些看重语法的人而言,添加一个连词,就把战略从一个描述经济对话的形容词,转变成可以表述希拉里克林顿(HillaryClinton)渴求的任何东西的一个复合形容词。
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