The word "girl" originally meant "young person of either sex" , but now the word signifies "young person of female sex " . This

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问题 The word "girl" originally meant "young person of either sex" , but now the word signifies "young person of female sex " . This is an example (   ) .

选项 A、meaning shift
B、loss of meaning
C、widening of meaning
D、narrowing of meaning

答案D

解析 词义的缩小(narrowing或specialization)是词义变化方式的一种,是指词义从原先表达外延较宽的概念缩小到表达外延较窄的概念,即从泛指转为特指。girl最初指年轻人、年轻男性或女性,现在则只用于表示年轻女性,这显然是词义的缩小。
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