The word holiday originally meant "holy day", but now the word signifies any day on which we don’t have to work. This is an exam

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问题 The word holiday originally meant "holy day", but now the word signifies any day on which we don’t have to work. This is an example of______.

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

答案B

解析考查语言学知识。由“holy day”到"any day”可明显看出这是一个典型的词义扩大的例子。

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