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After marriage, the man lost his bachelor and the woman got her master. base n. the thing or part on which something rests; base adj. having or showing little or no honour, courage or decency; meet vt. to come upon or encounter; meet n. a meeting, gathering, or assembling as for a sporting event base n.底部, 基地, 基础, 基数, 基线,(棒球)垒,[化]碱 vt.以 ... 作基础 adj.卑鄙的, 不道德的 Meet v.遇见,满足 n.运动会,集会 adj.合适的 2. Homographs: n. 同形异义词 Same in spelling but different in pronunciation and meaning Lead Sow Tear lead /li:d/ v. guide or take, esp. by going in front, etc. lead /led/ v. easily melted metal of a dull bluish-grey colour sow/s?u/ v. put (seed) on or in the ground or in soil;plant (land with seed) sow /sau/ n. a fully grown female pig tear /ti? / n. drop of salty water coming from the eye tear / / v. pull sharply apart or to pieces 3. Homophones n. 同音异形异义字 : Words identical in sound but different in spelling and meaning are called homophones. 张一平 章依萍 air, heir; bear, bare; compliment, complement; principal, principle; stationary, stationery, Polysemy The word Polysemy is of Greek origin (GK polys, much + sema, meaning). semantics 语义学 fair: (of attitude, behavior ) just and honest ( of results ) average, quite good ( of the weather ) clear and sunny ( of amount ) satisfactory, abundant ( of the skin, hair ) light in colour Sources of polysemy A. Shifts in application Words contexts * Lecture 8 Semantic Antonymy: oppositeness of meaning between lexemes. Rich man woman dead brother below beautiful wife lend