misnomers

美 [mɪsˈnoʊmərz]英 [ˌmɪsˈnəʊməz]
  • n.用词不当;使用不恰当(或不准确)的名称
  • misnomer的复数
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misnomers

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    N-COUNT 用词不当;使用不当的名称;误称
    If you say that a word or name is a misnomer, you mean that it describes something incorrectly.

    Herbal 'tea' is something of a misnomer because these drinks contain no tea at all.

    花草“茶”是一个误称,因为这类饮料里面根本不含茶。

  1. The idea that storing beans in the freezer is a way to preserve their freshness is one of the biggest misnomers about coffee .

    把将咖啡豆放进冰箱作为保证新鲜程度的措施是对咖啡最大的误解之一。

  2. Reasons for misnomers could be found out in psycho-linguistics and socio-linguistics ( such as the Ripples Effect , the Queer-slope phenomenon and the Fault-tolerating mechanism in language ) .

    习非成是有心理语言学和社会语言学等方面的原因(如语言领域的“涟漪效应”“怪坡现象”及语言处理的“容错机制”等)。