2N-COUNT [usually NOUNof n](单词的)变体 In linguistics, a corruption is a word that is derived from an earlier word, but which has become changed in some way. (单词的)变体 [technical]
'Morris' is an English corruption of 'Moorish', meaning North African.
Morris 在英语中是 Moorish 的变体,意思是“北非的”。
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