The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any day which we don't have to work． This is an example of__________．A.meaning shiftB.widening of meaningC.narrowing of meaningD.loss of meaning
The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any day which we don't have to work． This is an example of__________．
A.meaning shift
B.widening of meaning
C.narrowing of meaning
D.loss of meaning
B.widening of meaning
C.narrowing of meaning
D.loss of meaning
参考解析
解析：考查词汇学知识。从最初的“holy day”到现在的“any day which we don’t have to work”就可以知道此处为widening of meaning。
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