The introduction is mainly about the definition of eponym, and emphasizing its development and synchrony with language. 前言主要是名祖名词的定义,阐述名祖名词的发展和存在现状,并强调了名祖名词始终与语言的发展共时。
In 1999, a second eponym was given to this extraordinary man.
1999 年,这位非凡之人的名字再次被用来命名新的发现。
万物简史
It was the Megalosaurus, and the name was actually suggested to Buckland by his friend Dr. James Parkinson, the would-be radical and eponym for Parkinson's disease.
An eponym is a person, place, or thing for whom or for which something is named, or believed to be named. For example, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era.
Many genericized trademarks such as aspirin, heroin and thermos are based on their original brand eponyms.