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