Portmanteau words linking "snow" with "apocalypse" and "Armageddon", used to describe the record snowfalls in the us East Coast and Northern Europe last winter.
这个词是用来指在去年年底在美国以及北欧地区遭受的暴风雪袭击。
It is unclear where the name Paralympics came from but it was probably first coined as a pun or 'portmanteau' word combining the words paraplegic and Olympic.
至于paralympics这个词的来源似乎并不为人所知,但是它第一次被作为一个合成词可能来源于paraplegic和Olympic这两个词。
The name Wikipedia is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a type of collaborative website) and encyclopedia.
Wikipedia这个名称是由单词wiki(一种协作式站点)和encyclopedia组合而成。
Well brunch is a portmanteau word which is when two words and their meanings are combined together to form a new word.
是一个合成词,也就是由两个单词组成一个新的单词。
Mansplaining is a portmanteau of the words man and explaining, defined as "to explain something to someone, typically a man to woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing."
“男人说教”是英文单词“男人”和“解释说明”两个词的合成词,指的是“向他人,通常为男性向女性,解释某件事情,并且是以一副高高在上的姿势”。
Mansplaining is a portmanteau of the words man and explaining, defined as "to explain something to someone, typically a man to woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing."
“男人说教”是英文单词“男人”和“解释说明”两个词的合成词,指的是“向他人,通常为男性向女性,解释某件事情,并且是以一副高高在上的姿势”。
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