"Wife", which used to refer to any woman, stands for "a married woman" in modern

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问题 "Wife", which used to refer to any woman, stands for "a married woman" in modern English. This phenomenon is known as

选项 A、semantic shift.
B、semantic broadening.
C、semantic elevation.
D、semantic narrowing.

答案 D

解析 wife一词由原来表示“任何女性”转变为表示“已婚女性”,这是词义的缩小。
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