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folk etymologyBrE /ˈfəʊk etɪmɒlədʒi/ NAmE /ˈfoʊk etɪmɑːlədʒi/ (also ˌpopular etyˈmology ) noun [U , C ]a process by which a word is changed , for example because of a mistaken belief that it is related to another word , or to make a foreign word sound more familiar 民间词源；俗词源学◆ Folk etymology has created the cheeseburger and the beanburger , but the first hamburgers were in fact named after the city of Hamburg . 民间词源创造了 cheeseburger 和 beanburger，但最初 hamburger 一词实际上是以德国汉堡市命名的。 |