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    back formation

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    ˈback forˌmation noun [countable] technical  SLa new word formed from an older word, for example ‘televise’, which is formed from ‘television’ 逆构词，逆成词
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    back formation
    ˈback forˌmation noun [countable] technical
    a new word formed from an older word, for example ‘televise’, which is formed from ‘television’