The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any da...

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问题 The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any day which we don't have to work． This is an example of__________．

选项 A.meaning shift
B.widening of meaning
C.narrowing of meaning
D.loss of meaning

答案B

解析考查词汇学知识。从最初的“holy day”到现在的“any day which we don’t have to work”就可以知道此处为widening of meaning。

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