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  3. 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 exampl

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 exampl

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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、widening of meaning
C、narrowing of meaning
D、loss of meaning
答案B
解析 本题考查词义的变化。“holiday”以前特指神圣之日，而现在泛指节假日，属于词义扩大(widening of meaning)。
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