to be the reason why something is called by a particular name, especially because you have discovered or invented it (尤指因某人发现或发明而)以自己的名字命名某物 Alessandro Volta, the scientist who gave his name to the volt 亚历山大德罗·沃尔塔,那个以自己的名字给伏特命名的科学家
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