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namesake 的复数 namesakes 表示双方同名；常用作表语。
The two doctors are namesakes, and patients often mix them up.
这两位医生同名，病人常把他们弄混。
同名人；同名者
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同名人；同名者
a person with the same name as another
The two doctors are namesakes, and patients often mix them up.
这两位医生同名，病人常把他们弄混。
将自己的名字给予另一实体的实体。
An entity that lends its name to another entity.
以某人或某物命名的东西(尤指船只、建筑或医疗状况、症状或体征)。
Something (especially a ship, a building, or a medical condition, symptom, or sign) that is named after someone or something.
At the reunion, I met my namesake, who grew up in the same town.
在聚会上，我遇到了和我同名的那个人，他在同一个镇上长大。
She discovered that the author of the article was her namesake.
她发现文章的作者和她是同名人。
The two namesakes in our class often get their mail mixed up.
我们班那两个同名的人经常拿错信件。
namesake 的复数 namesakes 表示双方同名；常用作表语。
The two doctors are namesakes, and patients often mix them up.
这两位医生同名，病人常把他们弄混。
sb's namesake 指与某人同名的人，常指随某人取名。
He is his grandfather's namesake.
他与祖父同名。
the namesake of 后接被仿效或借名的人或物，主语是使用该名字的人或物。
The library is the namesake of the author who funded it.
这座图书馆以出资的作家的名字命名。
Not this
I namesake my classmate because we have the same name.
Use this
I am my classmate's namesake because we have the same name.
“namesake”是名词，不是动词，不能直接带宾语。表示“与某人是同名者”应用“be someone's namesake”结构。
Not this
Tom and I are namesake.
Use this
Tom and I are namesakes.
“namesake”是可数名词，指两个人时应用复数形式“namesakes”。
Not this
She is a namesake with me.
Use this
She is a namesake of mine.
表示“某人的同名者”时应用所有格“someone's namesake”或“a namesake of someone”，不用介词“with”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
与我同名的人
My namesake was sitting right next to me on the plane.
与我同名的人就在飞机上坐在我旁边。
著名的同名者
The young singer is often compared to her famous namesake.
这位年轻歌手经常被拿来与她那位著名的同名者比较。
与……同名的人
He is the namesake of his grandfather.
他和他祖父同名。
较年轻的同名者
The actor met his younger namesake at the ceremony.
这位演员在典礼上遇到了一个与他同名的年轻人。
以本人名字命名的餐厅
We had dinner at the chef's namesake restaurant.
我们去了以那位厨师的名字命名的餐厅吃晚餐。
我给她取了名字。她与我母亲同名。
We are namesakes, so people sometimes confuse us.
我们是同名者，所以人们有时会把我们弄混。
Use namesake naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 namesake 拆成 name（名字）+ sake（缘由）：因同一个名字而结缘的人，就是同名者。
语域：mixed 常见场景：biographical writing and news articles、formal introductions、casual mentions of someone with the same name 该词多用于书面或正式表达，如传记、新闻报道和正式介绍；口语中较少单独使用，更自然的说法是 have the same name。
name、same、game、fame、came 都以 /eɪm/ 结尾，与 namesake 的重读部分 /neɪm/ 押韵。sake 与 namesake 的末尾拼写相同，但发音为 /seɪk/，不押韵，注意区分。另外，像 make 这类以 -ake 结尾的词虽然拼写相近，但也与 namesake 不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.