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The word "tail" once referred to "the tail of a horse", but now it is used to me

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问题 The word "tail" once referred to "the tail of a horse", but now it is used to mean "the tail of any animal". This is an example of
选项 A、widening of meaning.
B、narrowing of meaning.
C、meaning shift.
D、loss of meaning.
答案 A
解析 单词“tail(尾巴)”开始意指“马的尾巴”，但是现在该词指“所有动物的尾巴”。这是词义的扩大。A为正确答案。Narrowing of Meaning：词义的缩小，比如，hound的原意为“狗(dog)”，词义缩小后，指一种特殊的狗，即“猎狗”。Meaning Shift：词义的迁移，比如，bead原义为“祷告(prayer)”，后变为“祷告用的念珠(prayer bead)”，最后变为“珠子(small，ball-shapedpiece of glass，metal，or wood)”。
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