one whose name becomes that of a place, a people, an era, an institution, etc., 1833, from Greek eponymos "given as a name, giving one's name to something," as a plural noun (short for eponymoi heroes) denoting founders (legendary or real) of tribes, cities, etc.; from comb. form of epi "upon, (called) after," (see epi-) + onyma, Aeolic dialectal variant of onoma "name" (see name (n.)).
雙語例句
1. Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician john down.
唐氏綜合癥是用英國醫(yī)生約翰·唐(JohnDown)的名字命名的.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. Constantine I is the eponym for constantinople.