目录

  • 1 Course Orientation
    • 1.1 Three Guiding Principles
    • 1.2 Basic Concepts
  • 2 Development of English Lexis
    • 2.1 Three Historical Phases
    • 2.2 Sources of Vocabulary
    • 2.3 British&American English
  • 3 Word Formation
    • 3.1 Morphological Structure
    • 3.2 Major Word Formation1
    • 3.3 Major Word Formation2
    • 3.4 Minor Word Formation1
    • 3.5 Minor Word Formation2
  • 4 Sense and Motivation
    • 4.1 Aspects of Meaning
    • 4.2 Change of Meaning
    • 4.3 Motivations of Words
  • 5 Sense Relations
    • 5.1 Synonymy
    • 5.2 Antonymy
    • 5.3 Polysymy
    • 5.4 Homonymy
    • 5.5 Hyponymy
    • 5.6 Taxonymy and Meronymy
  • 6 Use of Words
    • 6.1 Figure of Speech1
    • 6.2 Figure of Speech2
    • 6.3 Figure of Speech3
    • 6.4 Figure of Speech4
    • 6.5 Collocation1
    • 6.6 collocation2
    • 6.7 collocation3
  • 7 English Idioms
    • 7.1 Definition of Idioms
    • 7.2 Features of Idioms
    • 7.3 Use of Idioms
  • 8 Greek Mythology and Culture
    • 8.1 Mythological Origins
    • 8.2 Influence on English Words
    • 8.3 Adventures of Odysseus
    • 8.4 Words in Astronomy
    • 8.5 Words and Culture1
    • 8.6 Words and Culture2
    • 8.7 Words and Culture3
  • 9 English Dictionary
    • 9.1 Development of Dictionary
    • 9.2 Content of Dictionary
    • 9.3 Types of Dictionary
  • 10 线下课堂
    • 10.1 10分钟说课
    • 10.2 教室40分钟
    • 10.3 同学们的课堂展示
Homonymy


Chapter 5  Sense Relations ——Homonymy

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Exercise

Homonymy

Interpret the meaning of the italicized words in each pair of the sentences.    

a.  Robinson Crusoe thought that he was the sole inhabitant of the island.

b.  I always buy some Rajah socks because of their reinforced heel and sole.

a.  InChina, Buddhisttemples are usually built on the mountain tops.

b. Alicefelt great pain in both her temples.

a.  They play football in the winter and cricket in the summer.

b.  Children like to catch crickets and play with them in summer.

a.  Their seat are a few rows in front of us.

b.  What a row they are making next door!

a. John is no match for Caven in strength.

b. Don’t strike a matchif you smell gas.

a.  The man lay in bed wide awake, hearing a bark from time to time.

b.  We gathered some dead sticks and bits of barks to start a fire.

a.  Once you start saving penny, you will soon save pound.

b.  Her constant companion was a dog whom she had saved from a pound.

a.  It is illegal to kill seals on the island.

b.  The paper was authoritative as it had an official seal on it .