The word tail once referred to 'the tail of a horse', but now it is used to mean 'the tail of any animal.' This is an example of ______.
A.widening of meaning
B.narrowing of meaning
C.meaning shift
D.loss of meaning

A.'
B.
A.widening
C.narrowing
D.meaning
E.loss

【参考答案】

A
解析：本题考查语言学概念。tail原义指“马的尾巴”，而现在指“任何动物的尾巴”，可见是词义扩大，引伸。