Eponymous

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a. (形容詞 adjective)



          1.    使(民族,地方等)得名的





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EPONYM (n.), EPONYMOUS (adj.) 

   

is the real or legendary person whose name has become the name of a place, an event, an artifact, or a characteristic: diesel, quisling, and Cleveland are all eponymous names. 





Isabelle Adjani attained stardom in her first major role as the eponymous daughter of Victor Hugo in Truffaut's somber study of romantic obsession, a subject he explored obsessively in films such as Les Deux Anglaises de la Continent (1971), La Chambre Vert (1978), La Sirene du Mississippi (1969), and others.





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