"eir" meaning in 英語

See eir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /ɛɹ/, /ɛə/
enPR: âr, âr Etymology: Christine M. Elverson 所創,去掉their的“th”。
  1. 中性的第三人稱單數形容詞性物主代詞,等同於單數的their,his + her。 Tags: rare
    Sense id: zh-eir-en-det-mm1Bpx-N
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: eirs; eirself
Categories (other): 英語詞元, 英語限定詞

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{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語限定詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "eirs; eirself"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Christine M. Elverson 所創,去掉their的“th”。",
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1975 August 23, Judie Black, “Ey has a word for it”, 出自 Chicago Tribune, section 1,頁號 12:",
          "text": "Eir sentences would sound smoother since ey wouldn't clutter them with the old sexist pronouns. And if ey should trip up in the new usage, ey would only have emself to blame."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 December 22, Shirley Worth, “New To Yoga”, 出自 alt.yoga (Usenet), message-ID <32BDCA0C.6C8@worth.org>:",
          "text": "A person whose habit is to stand and walk splay-footed may *think* eir feet are straight ahead, when they are actually pointed only slightly less out."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997 November 25, Scott Robert Dawson, “Who Pays for Cellular Calls”, 出自 alt.cellular (Usenet), message-ID <347acf56.333719@news.interlog.com>:",
          "text": "If a mobile user is far from eir home area, ey will pay a long-distance fee for carriage of the call *from* eir home area, just as a caller would pay long-distance on a call *to* that area."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 March 31, Sue Thomas, Hello World : travels in virtuality, Raw Nerve Books, →ISBN, →OL,頁號 78:",
          "text": "The adult worries much less; is cautious, sensible and knows how to protect emself and eir system from attack and error."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 March 15, RJ Edwards, “#89: New Friend”, 出自 Riot Nrrd, retrieved 2012-10-06:",
          "text": "And ultimately: I think my readers are mature enough that knowing eir assigned gender is not going to give them an “excuse” to misgender em."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "中性的第三人稱單數形容詞性物主代詞,等同於單數的their,his + her。"
      ],
      "id": "zh-eir-en-det-mm1Bpx-N",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "âr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "通用美式"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛɹ/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "通用美式"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "âr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準英音"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛə/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準英音"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "air"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ere"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eir"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "英語詞元",
    "英語限定詞"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "eirs; eirself"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Christine M. Elverson 所創,去掉their的“th”。",
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1975 August 23, Judie Black, “Ey has a word for it”, 出自 Chicago Tribune, section 1,頁號 12:",
          "text": "Eir sentences would sound smoother since ey wouldn't clutter them with the old sexist pronouns. And if ey should trip up in the new usage, ey would only have emself to blame."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 December 22, Shirley Worth, “New To Yoga”, 出自 alt.yoga (Usenet), message-ID <32BDCA0C.6C8@worth.org>:",
          "text": "A person whose habit is to stand and walk splay-footed may *think* eir feet are straight ahead, when they are actually pointed only slightly less out."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997 November 25, Scott Robert Dawson, “Who Pays for Cellular Calls”, 出自 alt.cellular (Usenet), message-ID <347acf56.333719@news.interlog.com>:",
          "text": "If a mobile user is far from eir home area, ey will pay a long-distance fee for carriage of the call *from* eir home area, just as a caller would pay long-distance on a call *to* that area."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 March 31, Sue Thomas, Hello World : travels in virtuality, Raw Nerve Books, →ISBN, →OL,頁號 78:",
          "text": "The adult worries much less; is cautious, sensible and knows how to protect emself and eir system from attack and error."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 March 15, RJ Edwards, “#89: New Friend”, 出自 Riot Nrrd, retrieved 2012-10-06:",
          "text": "And ultimately: I think my readers are mature enough that knowing eir assigned gender is not going to give them an “excuse” to misgender em."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "中性的第三人稱單數形容詞性物主代詞,等同於單數的their,his + her。"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "âr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "通用美式"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛɹ/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "通用美式"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "âr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準英音"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛə/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準英音"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "air"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ere"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eir"
}

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