Polysemy occurs when a word form carries more than one meaning. 当一个词带有一个以上的意义时,就会出现多义性。
English has a very large stock of word forms, so its lexicon is relatively free of polysemy compared with many languages. 英语有着非常丰富的词汇形式,因此与许多语言相比,英语词汇中的多义现象相对较少。
See: polysemous