eponym

英 ['epənɪm] 美 ['epənɪm]

• n. 名组；名字被用于命名地方的人

英英释义

Noun:

1. the person for whom something is named;

   "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople"
   

2. the name derived from a person (real or imaginary);

   "Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down"
   

经典引文

• Pelops is the eponym or name-giver of the Peloponnesus.

  出自： G. Grote

• The eponym of H. G. Wells's Christina Alberta's Father, a retired laundry manager.

  出自： A. Burgess